BIB_ID
281931
Accession number
MA 3921
Creator
Aubrey, John, 1626-1697.
Display Date
1669 August 30.
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Eli Whitney Debevoise, 1983.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 29.1 x 18.1 cm
Notes
Docketed.
Materials connected to the provenance of the item available in the Collection File.
This document also includes Wood's signed response to Aubrey, arranging for the return of the right cloak, possibly written on a blank section of the letter or attached after the fact. There is a note on this section signed "W. Upcott" that reads "Written by Anthony a Wood of Oxford".
Written from "Sarum".
Materials connected to the provenance of the item available in the Collection File.
This document also includes Wood's signed response to Aubrey, arranging for the return of the right cloak, possibly written on a blank section of the letter or attached after the fact. There is a note on this section signed "W. Upcott" that reads "Written by Anthony a Wood of Oxford".
Written from "Sarum".
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Crown over shield with fleur-de-lis inside.
Watermark: Countermark: Letter "R".
Watermark: Crowned shield with Bishops mitre inside and countermark; "SL" or "SI".
Watermark: Countermark: Letter "R".
Watermark: Crowned shield with Bishops mitre inside and countermark; "SL" or "SI".
Provenance
John Thane.
Summary
Mentioning that he had sent "Dr Vennes Epitaph about 15 dayes since" and that he hopes Wood has received it; writing that the cloak that he was sent after leaving his in Oxford is the wrong one--"it is of white stuff and mine was of a brownish, and lined with Serge"--and asking if Wood could make inquiries about it; inviting Wood to visit him in Wiltshire.
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