GEMMS Manuscript ID
GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-
1549
(old series: GEMMS-MANUSCRIPT-1741)
Title
Letter from Joseph Glanvill to Henry More
Shelfmark
MS Eng 855
Creation Date
1667 - 1667
Repository
Contents Note
An autograph letter dated 13 March [1667], from Joseph Glanvill to Henry More. The letter has been dated according to its allusion to the Great Fire of 1666, although note that the letter also contains a reference to the Drummer of Tedworth incident, in which Glanvill was involved in 1663.
Material Features
Encased within a portfolio, upon which is the bookplate of Moncure Biddle. The portfolio also contains two states of a portrait engraving of Glanvill by William Faithorne.
Associated People
Provenance
See 'Material Features'.
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Hannah Yip
GEMMS record created
June 9, 2023
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024