Detail View: Rylands Collection: Letter from Colonel Birch
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Image Number:
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Tatton_Wallington_494
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Reference Number:
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Tatton Park MS 68.20
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Letter from Colonel Birch
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Parent Work Title:
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Great marcys continued, or yet God is good to Israel
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Creator:
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Wallington, Nehemiah
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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1644-1658
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Page/Sheet:
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478
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Image Sequence Number:
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478
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Description:
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3 August 1646: a letter from Colonel John Birch arrives relating the taking of Gothridge castle. Prisoners and baggage are captured. Dated 31 July 1646. Includes a list of what was taken from the castle. Page has been erroneously numbered.
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Language Code:
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eng-GB
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Subject:
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Letters
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Subject:
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Diaries--Authorship--History--17th century
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Subject:
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Great Britain--History--Civil war, 1642-1649
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Subject:
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Castles--England
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Diaries
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
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17th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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England
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Item Height:
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211 mm
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Item Width:
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168 mm
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Item Depth:
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52 mm
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Current Repository:
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National Trust, Tatton Park, Cheshire
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Rights Holder - Image:
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National Trust
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Rights holder - Work:
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National Trust
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References:
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Booy, David., 'The Notebooks of Nehemiah Wallington, 1618-1654: a selection' (Aldershot, 2007), 215-234.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2010-10-19
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Multi Page Number:
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2470
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2011-02
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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