BIB_ID
195571
Accession number
MA 13145
Creator
Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732.
Display Date
[1722?] "Tuesd. Night."
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18.5 cm
Notes
Letter evidently relates to evidence against Atterbury hinging on the recollection of his handwriting by postal clerks months after they had seen the documents in question.
Inscriptions/Markings
In a contemporary hand on verso of sheet: From Bp Atterbury when in the Tower.
Provenance
Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Thanking him for his efforts on his behalf and asking him what precedents exist "upon your Law books, for or against admitting Proof from similitude of hands, & how far they have gone in this Tryal towards establishing, or countenancing such a Proof".
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