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BLACKSTONE, William - Signed Manuscript Receipt - Dated 1759
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A signed manuscript of William Blackstone in receipt of one hundred Pounds.

DESCRIPTION: 'Received 14 Jun 1759 of Mr Walker on account of Mr Viners Effects One Hundred Pounds to be applied towards fitting up ye School of Municipal Law. Received by me W Blackstone. £100'

Receipt in neat ink on paper slip. The money contributed by this Mr Walker to the Vinerian fund was evidently for the interior decoration of Blackstone's proposed lecture hall which was at the 'Old Convocation House'.

Blackstone had been conducting private lectures at Oxford since 1753 onwards however the Vinerian benefaction enabled him to establish a professorship of common law at the university. At the time of this document preparations were being made for Blackstone's first course of lectures and entries in the accounts book show that Blackstone himself fitted up the old convocation house in the north chapel of the church of St Mary the Virgin for the use of the School of Municipal Law.

This short manuscript receipt refers to a significant event in Blackstone's career as first Vinerian professor of law. The sum contributed here was significant - The equivalent of £17,000 in today's money.

SIZE: 192 x 55 mm

CONDITION: Only very faint foxing otherwise very good29.

£2750.00

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