Identity area
Reference code
Butler/Section 2 (II)/1/1/5
Unique identifier
GB 275 Butler/Section 2 (II)/1/1/5
Title
Letter from Samuel Butler to Professor [J.E.B.] Mayor, dated 12 March 1889
Date(s)
- 12 Mar. 1889 (Creation)
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1 sheet plus press cutting paper
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Scope and content
ALS, addressed from 15 Clifford's Inn E.C. Discusses with thanks Mayor's account of Butler's grandfather, and refers to his (Butler's) own proposed book on the subject. Enclosed is a press cutting [not dated], of an article entitled 'Notes on the Parish Register of Crowle', which contains a reference to a Mr William Tongg (d. 1668) of St John's College, Cambridge.