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1. Add MS 38931-39164

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Add MS 38931-39164
Title:
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...
Scope & Content:
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

2. Add MS 39098-39100

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Add MS 39098-39100
Title:
LAYARD PAPERS. Vols. CLXVIII-CLXX. Additional general correspondence of Sir A. H. Layard, July, 1891-May, 1893, following upon Add. 39041. At the end is some later correspondence of Lady Layard. Three volumes. Folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
Jul 1891-May 1893
Extent:
3 items

3. Add MS 39034-39048

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Add MS 39034-39048
Title:
LAYARD PAPERS. Vols. CIV-CXVIII. Correspondence of Sir A. H. Layard while in retirement, June, 1880- June, 1891. Continued below in the reserved series, 39098-39100. The names of the writers are given in the Index. Fifteen volumes. Folio and quarto.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Spanish, and Turkish
Date Range:
Jun 1880-Jun 1891
Extent:
15 items

4. Add MS 39135-39140

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Add MS 39135-39140
Title:
LAYARD PAPERS. Vols. CCV-CCX. Letters of political import, chiefly addressed to Layard, with many of his draft answers; 4 Jan. 1857-1885. The first portion (ff. 1-130) of Vol. CCV (ff. 255) relates largely to Turkish affairs, especially railway projects in 1857 ; the latter part (ff. 131-end) chiefly to Spain, 1869-1876. The other volumes relate to Turkey.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
4 Jan 1857-1885
Extent:
6 items

5. Add MS 39083-39088

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Add MS 39083-39088
Title:
LAYARD PAPERS. Vols. CLIII-CLVIII. Six notebooks of A. H. Layard, circ. 1841-1851. Holograph. Paper; ff. 63, 75, 75, 40, 29, 50. Duodecimo and smaller.
Scope & Content:
Antiquities: Papers of Sir A. H. Lavard rel. to his excavations in Assyria, etc.: 1840-1862.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
c 1841-c 1851
Extent:
6 items

6. Add MS 38997-39011

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Add MS 38997-39011
Title:
LAYARD PAPERS. Vols. LXVII-LXXXI. General Correspondence of A. H. Layard, with occasional drafts of his replies, while Minister at Madrid. Oct. 1869-Mar. 1877. The names of the writers are given in the Index. Fifteen volumes. Folio.
Scope & Content:
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, French, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
Oct 1869-Mar 1877
Extent:
15 items

7. Add MS 39012-39033

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Add MS 39012-39033
Title:
LAYARD PAPERS. Vols. LXXXII-CIII. General Correspondence of Sir A. H. Layard while Ambassador at Constantinople, Apr. 1877-May, 1880. For printed correspondence see 39144-39160. The names of the writers are given in the Index. Twenty-two volumes.
Scope & Content:
Abdul Hamid II; Sultan of Turkey: Correspondence and papers of Sir A. H. Layard as Ambassador at Constantinople: 1877-1880.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Italian, Spanish, and Turkish
Date Range:
Apr 1877-May 1880
Extent:
22 items

8. Add MS 39101-39120

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Add MS 39101-39120
Title:
LAYARD PAPERS. Vols. CLXXI-CXC. Semi-official letters from British ambassadors, consuls, etc., to A. H. Layard, as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreian Affairs under (a) the 1st Earl Russell and (b) the 4th Earl of Clarendon ; together with some drafts of his own in reply, Aug. 1861-June, 1866. For the bulk of Layard's correspondence with Russell and Clarendon; see above, 38987-38993 passim ; for the bulk of his correspondence with Lord Hammond, Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Aff...
Scope & Content:
Victoria of England: Correspondence and papers of Sir A. H. Layard as Under Sec. for Foreign Affairs, First Commissioner of Works, etc.: 1852-1869.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Persian, and Spanish
Date Range:
Aug 1861-Jun 1866
Extent:
20 items

9. Add MS 38981-38986

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Add MS 38981-38986
Title:
LAYARD PAPERS. Vols. LI-LVI. Private Correspondence of A. H. Layard, as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, M.P. for Aylesbury, etc., 1852-1860. The names of the writers are included in the Index. Six volumes. Folio and quarto.
Scope & Content:
Victoria of England: Correspondence and papers of Sir A. H. Layard as Under Sec. for Foreign Affairs, First Commissioner of Works, etc.: 1852-1869.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Turkish
Date Range:
1852-1860
Extent:
6 items

10. Add MS 38987-38996

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Add MS 38987-38996
Title:
LAYARD PAPERS. Vols. LVI1-LXVI. General Correspondence (including minutes) of A. H. Layard during the years 1861-1869, while M.P. for Southwark, Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs under (a) the 1st Earl Russell and (b) the 4th Earl of Clarendon, and First Commissioner of Works (Dec. 1868-Oct. 1869). Some drafts of his replies are among the letters. The volumes from 38992, f. 164, onwards include a long correspondence relating to the erection of the Albert Memorial in...
Scope & Content:
Victoria of England: Correspondence and papers of Sir A. H. Layard as Under Sec. for Foreign Affairs, First Commissioner of Works, etc.: 1852-1869.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Hebrew, Italian, Spanish, and Syriac
Date Range:
1861-1869
Extent:
10 items