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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 47490-47493 D Language English Name Lee, John, formerly Fiott; antiquary and astronomer, 1783-1866

1. Add MS 47490-47493 D

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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 47491 B

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Add MS 47491 B
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Scope & Content:
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

3. 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