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        <titleproper>Guide to the Thomas Robert Malthus letter, <date normal="" type="inclusive">undated</date></titleproper>
        <author>Processed by: Alice Poffinberger; machine-readable finding aid created by: Noah Huffman</author>
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        <publisher><lb/>David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library <lb/> Duke University <lb/> Durham, N.C., USA </publisher>
        <p><date normal="2010" encodinganalog="date">Copyright 2010</date> Duke University. All Rights Reserved.</p>
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      <titleproper>Guide to the Thomas Robert Malthus letter, <date normal="" type="inclusive">undated</date></titleproper>
      <publisher>David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library

          <lb/>Duke University

          <lb/>Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

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      <p><date normal="2010">Copyright 2010</date> Duke University. All Rights Reserved.</p>
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      <head>Descriptive Summary</head>
      <repository label="Repository">
        <corpname>David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library, Duke University</corpname>
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      <origination label="Creator">
        <persname encodinganalog="100">Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834.</persname>
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      <unittitle label="Title" encodinganalog="245">Thomas Robert Malthus letter, <unitdate normal="" type="inclusive">undated</unitdate>  </unittitle>
      <langmaterial label="Language of Materials" encodinganalog="546">Materials in <language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial>
      <physdesc label="Extent">
        <extent encodinganalog="300">1 item (.1 lin. ft.)</extent>
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      <physloc label="Location">For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.</physloc>
      <abstract label="Abstract" encodinganalog="545">Author of the "Essay on the principle of population" (1798).</abstract>
      <abstract encodinganalog="520">Collection comprises an undated letter from Malthus to his publisher, William Clowes, regarding a proof correction for an advertisement in one of his publications. In it he also asks if he has misdirected the mailing of his previous corrections, and wonders if they were received in time. </abstract>
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        <head>Access Restrictions</head>
        <p>Collection is open for research.</p>
        <p>Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library to use this collection.</p>
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        <head>Copyright Notice</head>
        <p>The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library.</p>
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        <head>Preferred Citation</head>
        <p>Thomas Robert Malthus letter, undated, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library, Duke University.</p>
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        <p>Processed by: Alice Poffinberger, July 2010</p>
        <p>Encoded by: Noah Huffman, July 2010</p>
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      <head>Biographical Note</head>
      <p>Thomas Malthus was the author of the "Essay on the Principle of Population" (1798).</p>
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      <p>Collection comprises an undated letter from Malthus to his publisher, William Clowes, regarding a proof correction for an advertisement in one of his publications. In it he also asks if he has misdirected the mailing of his previous corrections, and wonders if they were received in time. The letter was orignally laid in a copy of <title render="doublequote">An Essay on the Principle of Population...,</title> Duke University, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections, volume A-16 M261E.</p>
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      <head>Subject Headings</head>
      <p>These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.</p>
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          <subject source="lcsh" encodinganalog="650">Proofs (Printing)--Great Britain--History.</subject>
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          <persname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="600">Clowes, William, 1779-1847.</persname>
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          <persname source="lcsh" encodinganalog="600">Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834.</persname>
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