Special Collections: Tracts Collection
1600s-1900s
Archives
Total copies: 1
The Tracts Collection was inaugurated in 1852, with the opening of the first public library in Manchester and the purchase of a collection of mainly political and commercial pamphlets belonging to London-based Danish merchant Nicholas Magens (director of the London Assurance Company, author of The Universal Merchant [1753] and an authority on commerce and banking). Another 13 collections of tracts were added in subsequent years up to 1885 including those of John Perceval, Earl of Egmont and Nicholas Vansittart, Lord Bexley. There are now around 60,000 documents of which 1800 are pre-1850.
Title:
Special Collections: Tracts Collection
Date of work:
1600s-1900s
Reference number:
GB127.Tracts
Level of description:
Fonds
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
General notes:
Arrangement:There are 6 sequences: Political (P), Science and Art (S&A), Literary (L), Historical (H), Theological (T) and Miscellaneous (M). The reference numbers start with the letter of the sequence followed by the number of the volume followed by tract number - eg. P1027.2
Record types:
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Language:
English
Record number:
7208608