Identity area
Reference code
Monro/Box 3-12/12/5
Unique identifier
GB 275 Monro/Box 3-12/12/5
Title
Wells, Mary and Charles
Date(s)
- May 1986-December 1996 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
10 items paper
Context area
Name of creator
(fl 1949-2002)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Mixed correspondence concerning the publication of 'An Essay on Female Conduct' (1739), written by Monro's ancestor, Alexander Monro Primus (1697-1767). Includes suggestions for alterations to the preface, textual notes, details of an early rejection of the manuscript by Oxford University Press, and confirmation of its acceptance for publication ten years later by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.