EL 6882 (35/B/18) - A Sermon by Mr. John Carter

GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT- 1274
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1238)
Title
A Sermon by Mr. John Carter
Shelfmark
EL 6882 (35/B/18)
Creation Date
ca. 1630 - 1645
Contents Note

This manuscript contains one sermon by John Carter (1594/5-1655). It has been dated by the present cataloguer according to its handwriting and its place within the Egerton Family Papers.

Material Features

The manuscript is bound in limp gold-tooled vellum and has the remains of two green ties.

Acquisition

The Bridgewater House Library was purchased by Henry E. Huntington from John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton, Fourth Earl of Ellesmere, in 1917.

Source of Data

Egerton Family Papers online finding aid (see link below); Guide to Literary Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1979), p. 89; Guide to British Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1982), p. 49; Hannah Yip.

Other Note

See Guide to British Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1982), pp. 21-25 for more information about the Ellesmere Collection.

Sermons Contained
URLs
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8mw2nvw/dsc/ Egerton Family Papers online finding aid.
GEMMS record created
November 6, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024