Robert Plumstead: Letter book

This material is held atCambridge University Library

  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Add.2798
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1756-1758
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume(s) 1 Volume paper paper

Scope and Content

Copies of letters to Plumsteads' clients. Includes alphabetical list of addressees. See C. A. J. Skeel, 'The Letter-Book of a Quaker Merchant, 1756-8', English Historical Review (1916), 137-43.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

From the library of Henry Bradshaw (d. 1886), presented by his friends, 1887.

Other Finding Aids

Full list of letters available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.

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