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REVEREND JOSEPH HUNTER MANUSCRIPTS: ROYAL COMMISSION

Archive Collection: YAS/MS183

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Type of record: Archive

Title: REVEREND JOSEPH HUNTER MANUSCRIPTS: ROYAL COMMISSION

Level: Collection

Classmark: YAS/MS183

Date(s): 1800-1836

Size and medium: 1 volume

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/461024

Collection group(s): Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

Description

Comprising a volume of correspondence and papers relating to the Record Commission and its publications. Included are notes by Hunter of the proceedings of the Record Commission, 1800-1803, drafts of a letter by Hunter to (? Mr.... Devon) regarding the print of the Chancellor's Roll of 1201-1202 published by the old Record Commission. Also letters from Sir Henry Ellis and E Protheroe and a copy of a letter from John G Lockhart, declining an article by Hunter on the Records for the Quarterly Review

Biography or history

Joseph Hunter (1783-1861) was an antiquary and record scholar. He was born in Sheffield, the son of a cutler. He was trained as a cutler, but went on to train as a Presbyterian minister. Despite living in Bath and London he remained interested in studying the history of Yorkshire and published 'Hallamshire: the history and topography of the parish of Sheffield' and 'South Yorkshire' (a history of the deanery of Doncaster).

Provenance

From Rev Joseph Hunter's library. Phillipps 17272

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