Memorandum on the King's offer of his library to the British Museum

This material is held atThe Devonshire Collection Archives, Chatsworth

  • Reference
    • GB 2495 CS4/499
  • Former Reference
    • GB 2495 CS1/476.0
  • Dates of Creation
    • n.d. [1756]
  • Physical Description
    • 1 sheet

Scope and Content

Concerns the need to move the King's library from the Old Dormitory at Westminster and the offer of the books to the British Museum and the requirement of the reversion of the Librarian's salary as an augmnetation to the funds. [The note is apparently in the hand of Lord Charles Cavendish and there is writing endorsing the note in the 4th Duke's hand].

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