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1. Add MS 38931

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LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 312). "Autobiography from my birth [1817] to my return to England in 1847:" so described in Sir A. H. Layard's hand, f. 1, who states on f. 3 that it was "commenced January 24, 1882." Holograph. Printed in two volumes, with a connecting narrative and extracts from corr...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1882
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1 item

2. Add MS 38931-39164

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THE LAYARD PAPERS. CORRESPONDENCE and papers, private and official, of Sir Austen Henry Layard, P.C., G.C.B., D.C.L., the discoverer of Nineveh (b. 1817, d. 1894). From 1842 to 1845 he was unofficially employed on diplomatic missions by Sir S. Canning, afterw. (1852) Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, British Ambassador at Constantinople; he was an unpaid attaché at the Embassy 1847-1849, and a paid attaché 1849-1852. His excavations in Assyria were begun in Oct. 1845 for Lord Stratford and co...
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Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Official and private correspondence and papers.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Persian, Spanish, Syriac, and Turkish
Date Range:
[19th century]
Extent:
248 items

3. Add MS 38932

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LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 371). Memoirs, by Sir A. H. Layard on his mission to Spain, vol. I; 1869-1877. Isabella II of Spain: Amadeo, etc. Correspondence and memoirs, etc., of Sir A. H. Layard as Minister at Madrid: 1869-1877.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1877
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1 item

4. Add MS 38932-38933

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LAYARD PAPERS. Vols. II, III (ff. 371, 308). Memoirs, by Sir A. H. Layard on his mission to Spain, 1869-1877. Holograph. Vol. II ends at May, 1873. Preceded (ff. 2-5) by notes, and by the following heading (f. 1) : "The Story of My Mission to Spain. This MS. is in a very rough and unfinished state, and has not even been read over. A. H. L. Venice, Decr. 15, 1883." In accordance with the desire of the writer, expressed at the beginning of his autobiography (38931, f. 3b), neither these memoir...
Scope & Content:
Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Memoirs: 1817-1883.: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1877
Extent:
2 items

5. Add MS 38933

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LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 308). Memoirs, by Sir A. H. Layard on his mission to Spain, vol. II; 1869-1877. Isabella II of Spain: Amadeo, etc. Correspondence and memoirs, etc., of Sir A. H. Layard as Minister at Madrid: 1869-1877.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1877
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 38934

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LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 150). Memoirs, etc. of Sir A. H. Layard, as follows : 1. Memoir on his treatment by [Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd] Earl Granville, 1869-1883. Holograph. This refers to his recall from Constantinople in 1880, his failure to obtain further employment, and the del...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1883
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 38935

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Vol. V (ff. 319). June-Dec. 1877.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1877-Dec 1877
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1 item

8. Add MS 38935-38938

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LAYARD PAPERS. Vols. V-VIII. Memoirs by Sir A. H. Layard on his embassy to Turkey, 1877-1880. Holograph. Not yet (1921) published. Continued from Vol. IV, f. 150. Quarto, except Vol. VIII (folio). Four volumes, arranged as follows:
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Abdul Hamid II; Sultan of Turkey: Correspondence and papers of Sir A. H. Layard as Ambassador at Constantinople: 1877-1880. Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Memoirs: 1817-1883.: Autogr.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1877-1880
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4 items

9. Add MS 38936

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Vol. VI (ff. 334). Jan.-Apr. 1878.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1878-Apr 1878
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 38937

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Vol.VII (ff. 277). May-Aug. 1878.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1878-Aug 1878
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1 item