Reviews of the following works. Mostly photocopies and press cuttings. 1. 'Nights at the Circus'; 1984-1988. Partly French and Dutch. 2. 'Black Venus / Saints and Strangers'; 1985-1987. Partly Italian.
Documentation of income from publications, royalties, Public Lending Right, etc., followed by papers relating to earnings from teaching. Partly German, Italian, Norwegian.
Includes letters from John Barker, Consul at Aleppo, mentioning Lady Hester Stanhope and also referring to the defeat of Bonaparte; Barker also forwards to North accounts of the travels in the Near East of John Fiott and of Mr Ibrahim. There are letters concerning pictures and other goods sent t...
Correspondence, G–W, unidentified correspondents, accounts, vouchers and receipts
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Includes a letter from North to George Canning offering his services to government as a diplomatic agent (1808), and a letter and Minute relating to the circulation of intelligence in the Ionian region (1813). There is also an anonymous account in French about the aftermath of the revolt of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Spanish
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen William à Court Sir Frederick Adam Lady Diamantina Adam née Palatiano Mr Adams Nikolaos Agathidis Camillo Agnoletti Isabella Teotochi Albrizzi Sotirios ? Alezakis Ali Bey Vizier Ali Pasha Frances Alison (9 letters) Henry Alison Tommaso Alkusci, letters...
By the Treaty of Paris (1815), the Ionian Islands became a protectorate of Great Britain, and in the same year North began discussions about a possible Ionian University with Ioannis Kapodistrias, the Greek diplomat and eventual first head of state of independent Greece. This part of the collecti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Count Giovanni Antonio Badoeri (6 letters) Letter from unidentified correspondent on behalf of Eustachio Ballo Giuseppe Balzani Lorenzo Banti Major Barclay Monsieur Bardrie Samuel Barff (7 letters) Henry Baker Mr Robinson Edmund Henry Barker, a letter relating to a memoir of Samuel Parr by John J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Consists mainly of letters from Anthony Bertolacci, referring to his desire for a position in the government of the Ionian Islands, his petition for an act of naturalization, the publication of his book on Ceylon*, and the education of his sons at the Ionian Academy. Also included are letters fr...