Kenelm Digby papers

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unitid

{"value"=>"808", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 808", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1633-1635", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1633/1635"}

date_inclusive_start

1633

date_inclusive_end

1635

keydate

1633

unittitle

{"value"=>"Kenelm Digby papers"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".13 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 volume", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Fair copies of 46 letters by Digby in a contemporary scribe's hand. There are holograph corrections by Digby. The letters are to his sons (Kenelm, John and George) and other relatives and friends after the death of his wife, Lady Venetia, in 1633. The manuscript also contains a personal prayer and three discourses on the soul, all written at Gresham College, where Digby retired for 3 years to mourn his wife's death. Negative photostats."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Kenelm Digby papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Digby, Kenelm, 1603-1665", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Originals held by Smith College.</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Fair copies of 46 letters by Digby in a contemporary scribe's hand. There are holograph corrections by Digby. The letters are to his sons (Kenelm, John and George) and other relatives and friends after the death of his wife, Lady Venetia, in 1633. The manuscript also contains a personal prayer and three discourses on the soul, all written at Gresham College, where Digby retired for 3 years to mourn his wife's death. Negative photostats.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Mrs. Aubrey Niel Morgan, 1939.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Kit Messick</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Available on microfilm; New York Public Library, *ZL-257.</p>"}

extent_statement

.13 linear feet (1 volume)

date_start

1633

date_end

1635

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