BIB_ID
196046
Accession number
MA 13878
Creator
Crabbe, George, 1754-1832.
Display Date
1794 June 28.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 22.8 x 18.5 cm
Notes
With seal and address on verso, "Mr Deputy Nichols".
Possibly addressed to the English printer, author and antiquary, John Nichols (1745-1826), editor of The gentleman's magazine, who served as deputy of the ward of Farringdon from 1787-1797, and who therefore appears as "Deputy Nichols" in some sources from this period.
Letter tipped onto a sheet of lined paper.
Copy of this letter in the Bodleian: MS. Eng. Let. C. 355 fo. 141.
Possibly addressed to the English printer, author and antiquary, John Nichols (1745-1826), editor of The gentleman's magazine, who served as deputy of the ward of Farringdon from 1787-1797, and who therefore appears as "Deputy Nichols" in some sources from this period.
Letter tipped onto a sheet of lined paper.
Copy of this letter in the Bodleian: MS. Eng. Let. C. 355 fo. 141.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Concerning Crabbe's travel plans for the summer, and his efforts to procure maps and/or guidebooks for the occasion.
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