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Report on the manuscripts of Allan George Finch, esq., of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland (Volume I)

Report on the manuscripts of Allan George Finch, esq., of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland (Volume I)

George Finch, Allan

Paperback

General ReferenceGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9389247470
ISBN13: 9789389247473
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 29 2019
Pages: 682
Weight: 1.88
Height: 1.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Behind every great house lies a paper kingdom. Here is Burley-on-the-Hill in ink. Paper trails do not lie. Report on the manuscripts of Allan George Finch, esq., of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland (Volume I) is an antiquarian report and manuscript catalogue that maps the surviving country house archives of a Rutland estate, setting out what was kept, where it came from, and why it mattered. It is not a narrative history, but a guide to evidence: a historical document collection, a primary source anthology, described with practical precision and a sense of inheritance. In an age before professional archives, such reports helped prevent loss and shaped family memory. Drawn from english estate records and rutland family papers, Finch's survey points readers towards deeds, correspondence, accounts, and other traces of daily governance within the landed gentry archives. For genealogy research reference it offers signposts through names, properties, and relationships; for local history scholars it opens a direct path into Rutland county history. Read alongside wider georgian england history, it illuminates how land, obligation, and authority were organised on paper, and why the archive itself became part of a family's identity. Collectors will appreciate its period voice and bibliographical character. It belongs on the shelf beside county histories, estate surveys, and the working tools of serious archival enquiry today too. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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