| Description | This file includes material and extensive correspondence exchanged between Stamp and various archivists, historians, and members of staff from Bethlem Royal Hospital, St Andrew's Hospital Northampton, Kent County Council, The Supreme Court, the Court of Protection, the Department of Health and the Wellcome Institute, dated 5 Dec 1973-3 Oct 1978, concerning the location of, and information contained within, original documentation relating to Scott Junior's mental health, his diagnosis, and the 1883 inquiry submitted by J. O. Scott under the Lunacy Act of 1862. Also concerns 19th century laws and treatment of 'Chancery Lunatics'.
Also includes correspondence exchanged between Stamp, Charlotte Ellis and Philippe Radigue, concerning the location of, and information contained within, original documentation relating to Scott Junior's time in Rouen, France (three letters and two postcard in French)
File title assigned by Stamp: 'Lunacy etc' |
| Image Caption | Letter from Stamp to the official solicitor of the Lord Chancellor's department, dated 7 Jul 1975, concerning Stamp's research into Scott Junior |