Correspondence of Richard Gough
Reference code
GOR/01
Title
Correspondence of Richard Gough
Date
1752-1818
Level of description
sub-fonds
Extent and format
3 volumes.
Scope and content
Correspondence mainly of Richard Gough (1735-1809), Director SA 1771-97, relating to SA business, publications, antiquities in general, current discoveries, literary gossip, etc. Many letters were published by J. Nichols, Literary Anecdotes (1812); extracts printed by Evans (1956).
Creator
Gough, Richard (1735-1809), antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
MS 447
SAL/MS/447/1-3
SAL/MS/447/1-3
Archival history
From the collection of John Gough Nichols, grandson of John Nichols. Acquired at his sale, Sotheby's, 4 Dec. 1874, part of lot 975 (eleven volumes) by Evelyn Philip Shirley, FSA, of Ettington Park, Warw., (he was 'Mr Ardenne' in Disraeli's novel, Lothair). The other volumes from the series are now in the Bodleian Library, S.C. 47260-8 (MSS Gough Top. gen. 39-44, purchased at the Ettington Park sale, Sotheby's, 29 Apr. 1947, lot 295; MSS Gough Top. gen. 46, 47 purchased from E. C. Shirley, 1955). Bookplates of E. P. Shirley in each volume, fol. i. Presented by Evelyn Philip Shirley, FSA, Local Sec., for Warwickshire, 8 May (GOR/01/03) and 26 June 1879. Council Minutes, 29 Apr., 17 June 1879; Proc., 2nd ser., 8 (1879-81), 124, 173-4.
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