Thomas Hearne manuscript material : 2 items, 1716-1728

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Thomas Hearne manuscript material : 2 items, 1716-1728

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301818385

· To Samuel Gale, antiquary : 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Sep 1728 : (MISC 0254) : from Edmund Hall, Oxford : begins, "I am glad the Parcel came safe to your hands ..."; mentioning "the antient Velom [sic] Roll" and a few other points. · To an unidentified recipient : 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Mar 1716 : (MISC 0253) : from Edmund Hall, Oxford : begins, "I am obliged to you for your transcripts of the three Original Letters in your Admirable Museum ..."; discussing his interest in manuscript collecting, saying that if his correspondent should have any more "familiar letters that are originals," they will be very acceptable; mentioning having spoken with "Mr. Baynes." On the address panel on p. [4] is written "Chapelle St. James," possibly in a hand other than Hearne's. Along with an unsigned late 19th or early 20th century manuscript in calligraphy, a brief biographical statement on Hearne.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Hearne, Thomas, 1678-1735

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Thomas Hearne, English antiquary and diarist. From the description of Thomas Hearne manuscript material : 2 items, 1716-1728 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 301818385 Thomas Hearne (1678-1735), the historical antiquary, took his M.A. at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford in 1703 and became second keeper of the Bodleian Library in 1712. For fuller details of his life and writings see the Dictionary of National Biography. From the guide to the Satirical poem in...

Gale, Samuel, 1682-1754

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