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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 110
Title
Volume of private correspondence from W.H.C. Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland; Jan.1796 - July 1797
Date
1 January 1796-25 July 1797
Extent
343 pp
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Volume containing copies of letters from the 3rd Duke of Portland concerning a wide range of subjects; contemporary index on pp 364-372 lists recipients and subject of letters.
Individual items in this volume are described under references Pw V 110/1-110/242.
Pw V 110 is part of a set with Pw V 111.
Language
English
ReprodnNote
Volumes from Pw V cannot be photographed by readers with their own camera or device, but reprographic copies can be supplied for educational and private study purposes only.
Physical Description
Large quarto volume
Contemporary pagination does not include 2 folios in the front or 14 folios in the back of the volume.
Condition
Condition of paper is good; condition of binding is generally good
Descriptive Features
Watermark, Letters E and P followed by the date 1794, approx. 54 x 30 mm (wove 'vellum' paper)
Red Morocco leather on pasteboard with a single fillet line, gold stamped on outer edges of four borders of upper and lower covers; spine is divided into 6 panels which are separtaed by single fillet lines, gold stamped; gold graphed; a fine floral roll is gold stamped on fold back edges of the leather by pastedowns; pastedowns of marble paper.
Watermark
Letters E and P
Related Material
Papers of the 3rd Duke of Portland (Pw F)
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA905
Bentinck; William H.C. Cavendish- (1738-1809); 3rd Duke of Portland; succ. 1762
1738-1809
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