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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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Title: British autograph collection: Autographs of the Kings & Queens & Eminent Men of Great Britain,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1500-1899
Collection number: Special Collections M0168
Creator: Cardonnel-Lawson, Mansfeldt de, collector
Extent:
1 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Language:
English.
None.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Gift of Fred Darvill, 1936
[Identification of item] British autograph collection, M0168, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries,
Stanford, Calif.
Summary: Autographs of the kings and queens and eminent men of Great Britain. Collection contains two large volumes, compiled
in 1835 by Mansf. de Cardonnel-Lawson. Among those represented are Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, John Locke, Isaac Newton, William
Wordsworth, and a possible William Shakespeare signature. Most signatures were cut from documents or letters and are undated.
Some are facsimiles.