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1. Add MS 38931-39164

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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...
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 39055

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LAYARD PAPERS. Vol. CXXV (ff. 73). Miscellaneous letters and papers,in general of extra large size, supplementary to preceding volumes; 1834-1883. The chief contents are: 1. Layard's articles of clerkship with Benjamin Austen, solicitor, of Gray's Inn, 20 Jan. 1834. f. 1. 2. Certificate of Lay...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, Persian, and Turkish
Date Range:
1834-1883
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 39101-39120

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Add MS 39101-39120
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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

4. Add MS 39117

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Vol. CLXXXVII (ff. 377). Sept.-Dec. 1865. includes: ff. 1-187 passim, 236 Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Correspondence with Lord J. Russell: 1853-1871. ff. 1-187 passim, 236 John Russell, 1st Earl Russell; Prime Minister: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 185...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Sep 1865-Dec 1865
Extent:
1 item