Record

StorageSite	UCL Special Collections
Level	Item
Reference Number	MS OGDEN/69-70
Title	Pretyman Autographs (Parliamentary)
Date	c1813-1840
Description	Four volumes containing signatures of members of Parliament on franked letters, c1813-1840: two volumes for the House of Commons and two for the House of Lords. Mounted addresses and signatures, with notes of titles. Collected by Arabella Pretyman (or Williams).
Extent	4 volumes
CustodialHistory	Part of the library of Charles Kay Ogden (1889-1957), linguistic psychologist, founder of the Orthological Institute and originator of the language system Basic English, whose interests in language systems are reflected in the subject matter of his collection, which comprised individual manuscripts and manuscript collections dating from the 14th to the 20th century.
Acquisition	Part of the C K Ogden Library acquired by UCL in 1953.
AccessStatus	Open
AccessConditions	The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Related Material	University College London Special Collections also holds a volume of autographs of eminent contemporary men collected by Arabella Pretyman (or Williams), c1820-1828 (Ref: MS OGDEN 63).
FindingAids	Handlist at University College London Special Collections.

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