Letter to John Murdoch

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MS Details

ID: 17

Repository: National Library of Scotland

Call No: MS 586

MS Title: Letter to John Murdoch

MS Date: 15 January 1783

MS Year: 1783

Type: Letter

Paper Details

Paper: Laid

Dimensions (mm): 320H 400W

Chain Lines: 16

Chain Width: 1"

Chain Direction: Vertical

Watermark: Pro Patria

Countermark: GR

Notes

Description:
Ink on Paper. Autograph letter addressed to John Murdoch, Shoolmaster in Staple inn buildings, London. Large sheet folded. Envelope. Other hands, ink, with sums and fragment of Lord's Prayer

Previously recorded information:
1. To Mr.John Murdoch, London Lochlee January 15. 1783 f.7 (no.1118) Kinsley 490

Notes:
Dutch Pro Patria watermark. Citadel walls and figure holding spear visible inside right of citadel and lion holding scimitar and bushel of arrows to left. See e.g. Churchill 1935, 139 for example of Dutch paper made for English market.

Reference: Letters 13 (1)

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