Letter to Servant Cokeram

Collection

Identifier: MSS-1733

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Scope and Contents note

This collection consists of a single letter, evidently addressed to a servant named Cokeram, informing him that "the quene surely wilbe hear with out fayle at on[e] of the cloke," [sic], and instructing him to send suitable provisions as quickly as possible. The letter is undated, the spelling archaic, and the handwriting very difficult to decipher.

Dates

Creation: no date; possibly 1600s

Biographical/Historical note

Servant possibly in Elizabethan England.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 letter)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Letter from unknown writer to his servant Cokeram, instructing to provide provisions for an impending visit by the queen. Undated.

Physical Location

W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library, University Libraries Division of Special Collections, The University of Alabama

Provenance

Gift of Wade Hall, 2004

General

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