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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 35300-35309 Language English Name Barrow, John, Keeper of Admiralty Records, 1808-1898

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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Add MS 35301
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 35303

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Add MS 35303
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)

4. Add MS 35305

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Add MS 35305
Title:
BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. VI. Manuscript of ‘The Queen's Illuminated Magazine and North Cornwall Gazette’
Scope & Content:
‘The Queen's Illuminated Magazine and North Cornwall Gazette. Published in Winter quarters, Arctic Regions’, 28 October 1852-12 February 1853. The original manuscript, mainly in the handwriting of Lieutenant [afterwards Rear-Admiral] Sherard Osborn, in command of H.M.S. Pioneer in the Franklin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Oct 1852-12 Feb 1853
Extent:
1 volume (68 folios)

5. Add MS 35306-35309

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Add MS 35306-35309
Title:
BARROW BEQUEST. Vols. VII.-X. Letters to Colonel John Barrow from officers of all ranks and civilians, who took part in the various Arctic expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin, from Lady Jane Franklin and from a few others
Scope & Content:
Most of the letters were written during Col. John Barrow's official connection with the Admiralty, but they are all addressed to him in his private capacity, and many of them contain matter of a confidential nature, especially the ex parte accounts given him by Sir Edward Belcher on the one hand...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1849-1892
Extent:
4 volumes

6. Add MS 35308

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Add MS 35308
Title:
BARROW BEQUEST Vol. IX. Letters relating to Arctic expeditions
Scope & Content:
The volume of letters is divided into the following sections: 1. ‘Captain [Richard] Collinson, C.B., H.M. Discovery Ship “Enterprize” 1850’; 15 January 1850-5 June 1875: including (ff. 55-59) the printed and written notices left in the Arctic regions by previous explorers end found by Captain C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1849-1892
Extent:
1 volume (409 folios)

7. Add MS 35309

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Add MS 35309
Title:
BARROW BEQUEST Vol. X. Letters of naval Captains and others, many addressed to John Barrow
Scope & Content:
The letters are divided into the following sections: 1. ‘Captain Sherard Osborn, C.B.’ Inscribed in pencil: ‘Private Letters’. The first six letters (ff. 4-39) form a sort of journal of the expedition under Sir E. Belcher (see Add MS 35307, art. 1); the remainder are dated 21 January 1859-19 Ap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1859-1877
Extent:
1 volume (337 folios)