Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Pliny Papers of J. H. Westcott
Westcott, John Howell (1858-1942)
C0451
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1 box
0.4 linear feet
1895-1902
Consists of manuscript material used in the preparation of Selected Letters of Pliny (1898), edited by Princeton classics professor J. H. Westcott.
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English
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Scope and Contents
The collection consists of notes, lists, indexes, and other manuscript material used in the preparation of Selected Letters of Pliny (1898) edited by Westcott (Princeton Class of 1877), which was published while he was Musgrave Professor of Latin at Princeton University.
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Open for research/
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
AM17030
Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
Existence and Location of Copies
Published under same title (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1898).
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Pliny Papers of J. H. Westcott, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Processing Information
Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager '15 in 2013.
Westcott, John Howell (1858-1942)
Biographical / Historical
A graduate of Princeton (1877), J. H. Westcott later returned to teach classics at the institution, filling the chair of the Musgrave Professor of Latin.
Classicists -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 19th century -- Manuscripts.
Latin letters.
Manuscripts. -- 19th century
Pliny, the Younger
Notes for an edition of Pliny's Letters/repositories/5/archival_objects/7841421 folder1895-191211