- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Collector:
- Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
- Title:
- Radcliffe Family Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/z890rt27t
- Dates:
- 1530-1779 (mostly 1699-1757)
- Size:
- 2 boxes and 0.84 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1-2
- Language:
- English French
Abstract
Consists primarily of letters and assorted documents of the Radcliffe Family of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, partly concerning trade with the Ottoman Empire. Also included are letters and legal documents pertaining to the Clarke and Evelyn families of England.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection contains correspondence, legal documents, and business accounts pertaining to the Radcliffe family of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, and their mercantile trade with the Ottoman Empire (Galata and Aleppo), but consists primarily of business letters from Galata and Aleppo, written in the first half of the 18th century. Also includes miscellaneous papers for the Radcliffe, Clarke, and Evelyn families.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Purchased from Christopher Edwards in 2002 (2003-28).
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Teresa T. Basler in 2002. Finding aid written by Teresa T. Basler in 2002.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
Radcliffe Family Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/z890rt27t
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss): Box 1-2
Find More
- Subject Terms:
- Merchants -- England -- Correspondence.
Tenants -- England. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence -- 18th century
Documents.
Legal documents.
Letters -- 18th century.
Maps. - Names:
- Clark family.
Evelyn family.
Radcliffe family. - Places:
- England -- Commerce -- Turkey.
Turkey -- Commerce -- England.
England -- Commerce -- Syria.
Syria -- Commerce -- England.
Istanbul (Turkey) -- Commerce.
Aleppo (Syria) -- Commerce.
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 -- Sources.
