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Consecutive Letter Books

Copy letter books containing outgoing correspondence from headquarters staff of The Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in England, largely the Secretary and Secretary-General. The letters relate to the general early activities and work of the Order. Some of the volumes have dates which overlap with other volumes.

The volumes cover the dates:

8 August 1888 - 17 June 1891
7 May 1891 - 30 March 1903
2 September 1897 - 2 February 1898
1 May 1897 - 2 January 1899
3 January 1898 - 12 January 1900
13 November 1900 - 26 September 1901
11 June 1903 - 3 August 1905
21 August 1905 - 8 May 1908
26 September 1907 - 9 June 1908[?]
20 September 1911 - 6 March 1912
1 October 1913 - 21 February 1914
17 August 1915 - 19 February 1916

Please note the volumes include letters created using multiple methods of copying. Due to this some letters are faded and not legible.

Reference: STJ/OSJ/8/4
Level of description: Sub-series
Date: 3 August 1881 - 19 February 1916
Extent and medium: 12 items - Extent
Large leather-bound hardback ledgers - Genre/Physical Characteristic
Creator: Priory of England and the Islands of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (1999 - present)