Shelfmark
MS 416
Author
Title
Letters from or related to Thomas Dampier [manuscript]
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, 1802-1893.
Physical description
3 items ; 230 x 186 mm ; 220 x 127 mm.
Language
Written in English.
Note
Cataloguer devised title.
Note
Includes original envelope of Phelps' letter.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Letter 1: Dampier delivers the news he has been appointed to the bishopric of Rochester -- letter 2: Dampier delivers the news he has been appointed to the bishopric of Ely -- letter 3: Phelps writing to Dr Warre, Head Master of Eton, to send said letters addressed to him to be included in the new museum commemorating Old Etonians.
Summary, etc.
Scope and content: Three letters from the early and late 19th century; two are signed by Thomas Dampier OE and regard his appointments as Bishop of Rochester and Bishop of Ely; one is sent by L.R. Phelps (Oriel College, Oxford) to Dr Warre (Head Master of Eton College) mentioning the establishment of a museum at Eton to commemorate Old Etonians and providing said letters as a way to commemorate Dampier.
Cite as
Eton College, MS 416
Provenance
Donated by L.R. Phelps in 1893.
Genre/Form
Correspondence.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
eng
Identifier
B52749