Murder of Colonel Richard Hilton : manuscript.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for Special Collections.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English prose literature--19th century.

English prose literature.

Murder--Fiction.

Murder.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Detective and mystery fiction.

Novellas.

Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Offered for sale by Ian Marr Rare Books (Liskeard, England), catalogue 10 (Autumn 2014), no. 57.

Sold by Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers (London, England), 2020.

Physical Description:

1 volume (62 pages) : paper ; 20 x 17 cm + 5 leaves.

Production:

England?, 1824?

Summary:

Unfinished story of the murder of Colonel Richard Hilton, probably written in England, possibly 1824 (later pencil note, p.1). The colonel's son Richard, older brother William, and niece Mary (daughter of William and wife of the younger Richard) are major characters. The manuscript is written on paper in quarto format with an 1816 watermark and was rebound at a later date in moiré cloth with leather title label, MS. Murder of Col. Richard Hilton ca. 1824, on upper cover. The first five leaves are foliated 6-10; five loose leaves of the same paper as the manuscript are laid in the back of the volume.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for Special Collections.

Cited as:

Murder of Colonel Richard Hamilton (Ms. Codex 2111). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1377988990