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Guide to the British autograph collection: Autographs of the Kings & Queens & Eminent Men of Great Britain, ca. 1500-1899
Special Collections M0168  
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Container 1, Volume 1

1835Volume compiled by Mansf. de Cardonnel Lanson. Contains signatures of kings, queens, and peers inc. Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Oliver Cromwell, Queen Victoria, Princess Charlotte, etc.; Also, emminent commoners, ie. Lord Nelson, George Grenville, and Shakespeare[forgery?]. Spans 14th - 19th centuries.

Container 1, Volume 2

1835Volume compiled by Mansf. de Cardonnel Lanson. Contains signantures of lesser nobility (John Locke, Isaac Newton, William Wordsworth, etc.) Most cut from documents or letters, and many contain facsimiles and partial letters.