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Bentham, James, (1709-1794), Canon of Ely Historian

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Surname: Bentham
Forenames: James
Gender: Male
Date: 1709-1794
Biography: ODNB link for Bentham, James (1708-1794) Canon of Ely Historian
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P136599 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P2242 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1756-85: collections rel to Ely Cathedral, letterbook
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Add 2944-959, 2961-62
See Summary Guide 1966
2
papers rel to the see of Ely
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MS 33491
See HMC Papers of British antiquaries and historians, 2003
3
1757-80: corresp
British Library, Manuscript Collections
Add MSS 5804-60 passim
4
1775-77: letters etc rel to drainage of Cambridgeshire fens and navigation of the Cam
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Mm VI 39
See Catalogue of MSS 1867
5
1758: nineteenth century copy of corresp between Bentham and Charles Lyttleton rel to Gothic architecture and misc corresp
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS top Camb d 6; MS Don d 87-90
6
letters to William Stukeley
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MSS Eng misc c 113-14
NRA 18986 Stukeley