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John Webb Edge, Letters and bills relating to studies in Cambridge. English, 1809-14
John Webb Edge, of St John’s College (1790-1842): correspondence relating to his education and involving his father Thomas Webb Edge, his schoolteacher T[homas] Bourdillon, James Nunn, bookdealer, and Edge’s Tutor [Thomas Waldron] Hornbuckle (subsequently President of the College, d. 1848), some accompanying printed College bills, 1809-14. Including a letter written in an interval during the Senate House examinations of 1814, maintaining that the cold has affected his performance.
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J. E., ‘Dear Nic’. English, 1721
J[ohn] E.: verses addressed to ‘Dear Nic’ ‘at School of St John’ in Cambridge, 19 Oct. 1721. Nicholas Fayting (d. 1789) was admitted to the College in that year.
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E. Langstadt, Bibliography of G. G. Coulton. English, before 1972
Erich Langstadt (1910-89): bibliography of the works of George Gordon Coulton, Fellow of St John’s College (1858-1947).
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Sir Robert Forsyth Scott, Invitation to the Coronation of George V. English, 1911
Sir Robert Forsyth Scott, Master of St John’s College (1849-1933): invitations, orders of service and related papers concerning the attendance of Scott as vice chancellor of the University of Cambridge at the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary, 22 June 1911. Including documents relating to carriage regulations at Westminster Abbey and the Naval Review.
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Richard Cowper, Certificate of non-payment. English, 1646
Richard Cowper [or Cooper], Fellow of St John’s College (BA 1632-3): certificate that Cowper, formerly Junior Bursar of the College, had not [at his ejection from the College after the visitation by the earl of Manchester during the Civil War] paid to Mr Dand, Fellow [and Senior Bursar] of St John’s ‘any present summe of ready money whatsoever’, 1 Apr. 1646.
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Louis Chauvet, Act of Naturalisation. English, 1749-50
Thomas Abraham Ogier, Louis Chauvet, father of John Louis Chauvet of St John’s College (d. 1794), and others: official copy of the private Act of Naturalisation, 23 George II c. 3.
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Sir Hugh Casson, 'The Future of the Past’. English, 1979
Sir Hugh Casson, of St John’s College (1910-99): ‘The Future of the Past’, Johnian Society Lecture delivered on 9 Mar. 1979. As considered for publication in The Eagle. The Editorial Committee decided against publication but suggested retention in the Library.
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Correspondence re the library of John Carr. English, 1874
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Lewis Dibdin, Undergraduate expenses. English, 1869-74
Robert William Dibdin, of St John’s College (d. 1887): summary account of income and expenses incurred by his son Lewis Tonna Dibdin (1852-1938) while studying at St John’s College, 1869-74. It seems clear that Dibdin senior relied on funds from third parties ro support his son at Cambridge. Lewis’s total expenses, excluding vacations, amounted to £743 18s. Sir Lewis Dibdin was an Honorary Fellow of the College from 1923.