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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 35300-35309 Language English Name Barrow, John, 1st Baronet, author; Second Secretary to the Admiralty, 1764-1848

1. Add MS 35300-35309

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Add MS 35300-35309
Title:
Manuscripts bequeathed by Colonel John Barrow (1808-98), F.R.S., formerly Keeper of the Records of the Admiralty
Scope & Content:
The collection includes manuscripts of Sir John Barrow's (1764-1848) autobiography and other writings; drawings by William Alexander and Samuel Daniell of Lord Macartney's embassy to China (1792-93) and Sir John Barrow's mission to southern Africa (1802-03); and letters, drawings, maps and print...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1792-1892
Extent:
10 volumes

2. Add MS 35301

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Title:
BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. II. Autograph manuscript of Sir John Barrow’s Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic regions
Scope & Content:
The autograph manuscript of Sir John Barrow's Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic regions (1846). Note by Barrow’s son, Col. John Barrow, 1851 (f. 5): ‘Written at the age of 82, and (which is worthy of remark) without the aid of spectacles’. Another note by Col. Barrow (f. 2) sta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1845-1851
Extent:
1 volume (230 folios)

3. Add MS 35302

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Title:
BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. III. 'An Autobiographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart. (late of the Admiralty)'
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript of Sir John Barrow's autobiography, published in 1847. Folios 9 and 10 are proofs with autograph corrections. Inscribed (f. 2): 'An Autobiographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart. (late of the Admiralty) Including Reflections, Observations and Reminiscences of home and ab...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1839-1847
Extent:
1 volume (254 folios)

4. Add MS 35303

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Title:
BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. IV. ‘A Supplementary Chapter to the Biographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart.’
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript of a supplementary chapter to Sir John Barrow’s autobiographical memoir, which was published in 1847. Inscribed (f 4r): ‘A Supplementary Chapter to the Biographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart.’ An account of the Royal Society and Royal Society Club, with biographical...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1848
Extent:
1 volume (171 folios)