BIB_ID
196564
Accession number
MA 14954.32
Creator
Freeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1823-1892, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 20.1 x 12.6 cm
Notes
Letter fragment consisting of the final leaf (2 pages) of a longer letter, with Freeman's signature at the end.
Written on blue stationery.
Possibly dating from the time of the division of Oxford's School of Law and Modern History to form both the Honour School of Jurisprudence and the Honour School of Modern History, which took place in 1870.
Written on blue stationery.
Possibly dating from the time of the division of Oxford's School of Law and Modern History to form both the Honour School of Jurisprudence and the Honour School of Modern History, which took place in 1870.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Evidently addressing the proposal to divide Oxford's School of Law and Modern History with the aim of establishing a separate law school, and arguing for the necessity of retaining a school of history; remarking that "Is not the school going to the dogs? I handed it over to Stubbs, Boase, Bryce ... It seems now to be peopled by unknown nobodies...".
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