Letter to John Henry Capper
Overview
In 1829, Sir John Beckett (1775-1847) was Judge Advocate General and Member of Parliament for Haslemere in Surrey, England. In this letter, he wrote to John Henry Capper of Lowther [Castle] in Penrith, Cumbria, who was a Home Office official from 1815 to 1847, who was at the time Superintendent of Prisons and the Hulk Establishment. Beckett wrote to Capper at the instigation of [Michael Thomas?] Sadler (1780-1835), a Member of Parliament for Newark, Nottinghamshire, England. Sadler had contacted Beckett on behalf of a couple who wanted to visit their son, Samuel James, aboard a hulk, or prison ship.
Dates
- Creation: August 25, 1829
Creator
- Beckett, John, Sir, 1775-1847 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 folder (1 leaf)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS P663
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Maggs Bros Rare Books, June 27, 1966.
Processing Information
Formerly part of Special Collections temporary call number: MS (Box) 38: 83, collection name "Collection of 19th c. letters: Miscellaneous group of mainly English letters: mostly 19th c, some 20th c, a few 18th c."
Subject
- Capper, John Henry (Person)
- Sadler, Michael Thomas, 1780-1835 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Sir John Beckett Letter
- Subtitle
- Letter to John Henry Capper
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mab, 2008. Finding aid encoded by mab, 2008.
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/4641638249
- Preferred citation
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Letter to John Henry Capper, MS P663, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository