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1. Add MS 47490-47493 D

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CORRESPONDENCE AND FAMILY PAPERS OF JOHN LEE, F.R.S., F.S.A., of Hartwell House, co. Bucks., collector of antiquities and scientist; 1799-1865. Lee was born Fiott in 1783, and changed his name by royal licence in 1815 under the terms of the will of his maternal uncle, William Lee Antonie. He inherited the Lee family seat at Hartwell in 1827 on the death of a cousin, the Rev. Sir George Lee, 6th Bart. For further details about the Lee family see W. H. Smyth, Aedes Hartwellianae, 1851, pp. 59-...
Scope & Content:
John Lee, formerly Fiott; FSA; FRS: Correspondence and papers.: 1809-1839.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Swedish
Date Range:
1799-1865
Extent:
8 items

2. Add MS 47490-47491 A

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LEE PAPERS Vols. I, II. General correspondence of John Lee, mainly on antiquarian topics and including autograph copies and drafts of many of his own letters; 1809-1865. The names of his correspondents are given in the Index to the present Catalogue. The volumes also include some miscellaneous family papers. As follows:-
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1809-1865
Extent:
2 items

3. Add MS 47493 B-D

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LEE PAPERS. VOLS. VI-VIII. Notebooks of John Lee relating to his travels in Scandinavia; 1799-1808.
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Voyages and Travels: J. Lee; notebooks rel. to travels in Scandinavia: 1799-1808.: Partly Swedish, Finnish and Fr. Sweden: Notes and sketches rel. to travels in, by J. Lee: 1799-1808.: Engl., Fr., Swedish and Finnish. Finland: Notes and sketches rel. to travels in, by J. Lee: 1799-1808.: Engl....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Finnish, French, and Swedish
Date Range:
1799-1808
Extent:
3 items

4. Add MS 47492

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LEE PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 310). Correspondence of John Lee with:- (1) Georg Friedrich Grotefend, epigraphist; 1834-1850. German, with English translations. ff. 1-59. (2) Isaac Cullimore, Egyptologist; 1839-1850, n.d. At ff. 131, 132 are letters from Cullimore's wife, Annabella, and at ff. 153...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1834-1850
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 47491 B

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LEE PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. v+4). 'The Troad. Extracts nautical & antiquarian from Constantinople to Smyrna'; early 19th cent. Armorial bookplates of Capt. William Henry Smyth, who gave the MS. to Hartwell library (ff. ii, iii), and of John Lee (f. iv). Turkey: 'Extracts nautical and antiquar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 47493 A

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LEE PAPERS. Vol. V (ff. iii+26). Journal of a voyage from England to Madras, by Sir William Lee, 5th Bart; 6 May-4 Dec. 1800. Armorial bookplates of the Rev. Sir George Lee, 6th Bart. (f. ii), and of John Lee (f. iii). Voyages and Travels: Sir W. Lee; journal of a voyage to Madras: 1800. Sir W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 May 1800-4 Dec 1800
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 47493 C

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Vol. VII (ff. ii+17). Notebook of verses and proverbs; 1808. Swedish, Finnish and French.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 47493 D

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Vol. VIII (ff. ii+42). Notes and sketches relating to Sweden and Finland; 1808-1809. Partly Swedish and Finnish.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1808-1809
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 47493 B

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Vol. VI (ff. ii+ 15). Music notebook containing folk songs and dances; 1799-1807. Swedish and Finnish. Music: Notebook of folk songs and dances, by J. Lee: 1799-1808.: Swedish and Finnish.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Finnish and Swedish
Date Range:
1799-1807
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 47490

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Scope & Content:
Vol. I (ff. 241). (1) Notes and papers collected by William Lee of Totteridge Park, grandfather of John Lee, during his travels, 1752-1753, in France (ff. 1- 19b), Italy (ff. 20-49b) and Germany (ff. 50-62). Partly French, Italian and German and including some copies of earlier documents. ff. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1752-1839
Extent:
1 item