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GEMMS IDGEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-001599
TitleA Seasonable Discourse to the Clergy & Laity in a Visitation Sermon
ShelfmarkEL 8388 (35/B/38)
Creation Date1680 - 1680
Contents NoteThis manuscript comprises an autograph visitation sermon (a presentation copy) by George Burhope. A dedicatory epistle addressed to John Egerton, Second Earl of Bridgewater and 'A Premonition' precede the sermon proper. At the end of the sermon, there is another letter from Burhope addressed to Bridgewater.
Material FeaturesFacsimile of a quarto manuscript.
Associated Peoplemanuscript owner - Burhope, Georgemanuscript owner - Egerton, Johnmanuscript owner - Egerton, Johnmanuscript owner - Huntington, Henry
ProvenancePart of the personal and domestic correspondence and papers of John Egerton, Second Earl of Bridgewater.
AcquisitionThe Bridgewater House Library was purchased by Henry E. Huntington from John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton, Fourth Earl of Ellesmere, in 1917.
Source of DataEgerton Family Papers online finding aid (see link below); Guide to British Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1982), p. 55; Hannah Yip.
Other NoteSee Guide to British Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1982), pp. 21-25 for more information about the Ellesmere Collection.
Sermon Reports Contained
Attached URLs:
URLNotes
www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8mw2nvw/dsc/Egerton Family Papers online finding aid.
GEMMS record createdApril 12, 2022
GEMMS record last editedJune 04, 2022