Pedigree and genealogical notes
Reference code
AKE/06
Title
Pedigree and genealogical notes
Date
1837-1851
Level of description
File
Extent and format
ff. vi + 36 (partly paginated).
Quarto.
Vellum binding, with marbled edges; pen drawing of Akerman's device on the front cover. Akerman's bookplate, fol. i, and signature, 1837, fol. v. Letter of George Richard Corner, FSA, to Akerman, 1856, fols. iii-iv verso. Illegible signature, Cambridge, fol. ii.
Quarto.
Vellum binding, with marbled edges; pen drawing of Akerman's device on the front cover. Akerman's bookplate, fol. i, and signature, 1837, fol. v. Letter of George Richard Corner, FSA, to Akerman, 1856, fols. iii-iv verso. Illegible signature, Cambridge, fol. ii.
Scope and content
Pedigrees and genealogical notes mostly relating to Akerman's family. Pedigrees include Akerman (pp. 5, 7), Yonge (fol. 19) and miscellaneous, e.g. Shakespeare, Goethe and Cowper. At fols. 20-32 'Notices of the Family of Akerman', consisting of extracts from PCC wills, etc., and transcripts of letters from Joseph Burtt, 22 March 1849, Dr Joseph Hunter, 1844, and Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1851 (fols. 27-9v), relating to Akerman's family. Reprint from the Gent. Mag., Nov. 1865, of Akerman's letter, 10 Oct. 1865, relating to the source of the Thames, with further details of the lawsuit v. Guy Clinton (cf. AKE/02).
Creator
Akerman, John Yonge (1806-1873), numismatist and antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/735