Personal Memoranda
- Date:
- Early 18th century
- Reference:
- MS.MSL.36/4
- Part of:
- Commonplace Book of Dr. Thomas Lewis
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Description
Entries relating to the writer's marriage, 13 April, 1714 (fo. 115); birth of his children (fo. 116-120); progress and education of his eldest son (fo. 118 verso-119); an eclipse (fo. 118); his place of residence (fo. 121); copies of letters to and from various relations (fo. 121 verso-125); extracts from the Wisdom of Solomon relating to bereavement (fo. 125 verso); extract from the Life of Origen (fo. 126 verso-127). Folios 128-131, blank. By the kind permission of the Society, I am about to publish this section of the manuscript in extenso.
Publication/Creation
Early 18th century
Physical description
fo. 115-127
Finding aids
Described in: Warren R. Dawson, Manuscripta medica. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Medical Society of London (London, 1932).