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Letter by Eliza Calverley

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: MS P531

Overview

Letter from Eliza Calverley to "the most worthy tow bee honored Sr Constantyne Hugens Knight," possibly written from the Netherlands? She begs for an appointment. "I am that creature...alone...of my birth, and sex,that ... destiny enforced tow trauell for Fortune, your Cuntry Men hath destroyed it-all... "

Dates

  • Creation: April 3, 1644

Creator

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 : Seal: non-armorial: swan on waves grasping an eel or serpent in its neb. Note that some branches of Moores have swans in their arms, but apparently not the Moores of Grantham. Well-preserved

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

MS P531

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Hofmann, 1977

Title
Guide to the Eliza Calverley Collection
Subtitle
Letter by Eliza Calverley
Author
Finding aid prepared by alh, September 25, 1980. Finding aid encoded by mg, 2005.
Date
2005
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/6962457373
Preferred citation
Letter by Eliza Calverley, Department of Special Collections, MS P531, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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