Notes concerning Suffolk, circa 1799.

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Notes concerning Suffolk, circa 1799.

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Manuscript, in multiple hands, of memoranda and letters regarding Ashby's antiquarian research on Suffolk history. The collection contains several materials on the Scott family, including a genealogical tree of Thomas Scott, "a dissenting minister at Harwich," dated 1779; and a letter from Edward Mills to Ashby dated 1799 which gives a brief biography of Peter Frere of Wickham Abbey in the parish of Wickham Sheyth and mentions John and Daniel Scott, annotated by Ashby with memoranda on whether Daniel or John Scott was an atheist, and mentioning other members of the Scott family. The collection also includes a list of interview questions, with their answers, dated July 1799, from Ashby to "Mrs. Canham" investigating the case of Joseph Scott of Felsham, who was said to have had a ghostly premonition of the time and place of his death; a journal entry describing Ashby's conversation with Edward Mills on the Joseph Scott case; notes on the Colmore family; and several documents on land tenure laws.

14 items ; various sizes.

Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library

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Scott family.

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Ashby, George, 1724-1808

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George Ashby (1724-1808), clergyman and antiquarian, was educated at Eton College and St. John's College, Cambridge. Although he published little himself, he was a correspondent of John Nichols, Thomas Percy, John Gough, James Granger, Daines Barrington, and others and contributed to their work on a number of scholarly topics. He was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1775. From the description of Commonplace book, [ca. 1770-1790]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702178...