GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001730
TitleTranscripts or drafts of English letters by Thomas Smith
ShelfmarkMS. Smith 66
Creation Dateca. 1667 - 1710
RepositoryBodleian Library
Contents NoteTranscripts or drafts of English letters by Thomas Smith. MS Smith 66 contains letters to John Wallis, Humphrey Wanley, Sir Philip Warwick, Anthony à Wood, and Benjamin Woodroffe.
Material FeaturesQuarto. Quarter calf binding. 123ff.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Bedford, Williammanuscript owner - Hearne, Thomas manuscript owner - Rawlinson, Richardmanuscript owner - Smith, Thomas
Provenance
AcquisitionDr Thomas Smith left his manuscripts at his death to Thomas Hearne, on condition that sixteen should go to the Bodleian at Hearne's death. Subsequently, Hearne left all his manuscripts, including the remaining Smith volumes, to William Bedford. Richard Rawlinson purchased them from Bedford's widow for £105 (c. 1748).
Source of DataFalconer Madan, A Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, &c., Voume III (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1895), pp. 463-64; Hannah Yip.
Other Note
Sermons Contained
Sermon Reports ContainedSermon on unidentified text -- fols. 31-32
GEMMS record createdMay 11, 2023
GEMMS record last editedMay 14, 2023