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Marlow collection
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1782-1842 (Creation)
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- Marlow, Reverend Doctor Michael
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0.03 m of textual records
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The Reverend Doctor Michael Marlow b. 7 Nov. 1758, s. of Michael Marlow, cleric, St.Leonard's, Middx. Educ. Merchant Taylors' School. Sir Thomas White scholar and Merchant Taylors' Fellow. He received his BA 1780; MA 1784; BD 1789;and DD 1795 from St. John's College, Oxford where he was also Fellow 1779-95; Barker's Exhibitioner 1780; Paddy's Exhibitioner 1782, 1786; Dean of Arts 1784-6; Logic Reader 1784; Waple's Lecturer 1785, 1787-90, 1793-4 Case's Preacher 1787, 1789, 1793; Henley's Exhibitioner 1787, 1789; Nat Phil. Reader 1787; Dean of Divinity 1788. Wood Bursar 1790; Senior Bursar 1791-2; Math. Lect. 1792; Vice-President 1793; Junior Bursar 1794; President 1795-1828. Ox. Univ.: Vice Chancellor 1798-1802; Select Preacher 1805, 1817; Curator of the Theatre; Delegate, of Accounts, of Appeals in Congregation. of Appeals in Convocation, of Privileges; Comr.
of Sewers. HO (d.1781): V. St.Giles', Ox. 1789-97 (res.); R. Handborough, Ox. 1795-1828; Preb. of Canterbury
1808-28. Publ.: 'A fast sermon on Isa.X 7 before the House of Commons' (1807). D. 16 Feb. 1828 in St.Johns Coll.
Custodial history
All of the letters were mounted in an album entitled "Letters obtained in Salisbury, England, August 1894. C. E. West."
Scope and content
The collection is comprised of correspondence and poems addressed to both Mr. and Mrs Marlow, together and individually covering a variety of social topics such as visits, invitations, marriages, etc., along with some Oxford University business such as leasing of lands, etc. Also includes lists of bishops in England and India [ca. 1769-1832].
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Purchase from Charles E. West made possible by the generous assistance of the Edith Chown Pierce Trust.
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- English
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2999 (West)
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Open
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Public domain