George Pearson Papers, 1758-1799
- Containers:
- Box 1, Folder 31
- Scope and content:
There are fifty-eight items, mostly correspondence to Mr. George Pearson including many autograph letters signed by different people. There are some other documents also related to Mr. George Pearson. The items range in topic from smallpox, business transactions, land values and rental properties, timber, canals such as the Warwick to Oxford Canal, information about the travels of Mr. Pearson, and several letters about birds. Various people are mentioned in these documents, including Knightley Adams, Sir Theophilus Biddulph, James Knibb, Edward Harris, John Shuckburgh, Young Spirit, John Welchman and John Newcomb.
Mr. George Pearson was a mercer, or merchant, of Southam, Warwickshire.
Former accession number MSS 78-27. Papers purchased from Winifred A. Myers (Autographs) Ltd. of St. Martins Lane, London.
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Access and use
- Parent terms of access:
- All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Location of this collection:
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