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Henry Savage Sweetman: the man who uncovered Ireland’s medieval history
Henry Savage Sweetman published the Calendar which translated over 8,000 Irish medieval records. But who was Sweetman and why did he complete this project?
Series
Public Record Office: Literary Enquiries, Letters, Returns, etc.
Catalogue reference: PRO 35
What's it about?
PRO 35
Public Record Office correspondence relating to literary searches (without the payment of fees); reports of the use made of literary search facilities; and returns giving names of searchers, the objects of their searches and the numbers and types...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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PRO 35
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Title (The name of the record)
- Public Record Office: Literary Enquiries, Letters, Returns, etc.
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Date (When the record was created)
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1851-1866
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Description (What the record is about)
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Public Record Office correspondence relating to literary searches (without the payment of fees); reports of the use made of literary search facilities; and returns giving names of searchers, the objects of their searches and the numbers and types of documents seen.
An index to the series is in PRO 35/16
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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16 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Archives and libraries
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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All fees for literary searches were abolished after 26 May 1866 and the separation of correspondence relating to literary enquiries from the general correspondence was discontinued.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12069/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
96,787 records
Within the department: PRO
Domestic Records of the Public Record Office, Gifts, Deposits, Notes and Transcripts
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Public Record Office: Literary Enquiries, Letters, Returns, etc.
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