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2. Add MS 35301
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- Title:
- BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. II. Autograph manuscript of Sir John Barrow’s Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic regions
- Scope & Content:
- The autograph manuscript of Sir John Barrow's Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic regions (1846). Note by Barrow’s son, Col. John Barrow, 1851 (f. 5): ‘Written at the age of 82, and (which is worthy of remark) without the aid of spectacles’. Another note by Col. Barrow (f. 2) sta...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1845-1851
- Extent:
- 1 volume (230 folios)
3. Add MS 35302
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- Title:
- BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. III. 'An Autobiographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart. (late of the Admiralty)'
- Scope & Content:
- Autograph manuscript of Sir John Barrow's autobiography, published in 1847. Folios 9 and 10 are proofs with autograph corrections. Inscribed (f. 2): 'An Autobiographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart. (late of the Admiralty) Including Reflections, Observations and Reminiscences of home and ab...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1839-1847
- Extent:
- 1 volume (254 folios)
4. Add MS 35303
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- Add MS 35303
- Title:
- BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. IV. ‘A Supplementary Chapter to the Biographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart.’
- Scope & Content:
- Autograph manuscript of a supplementary chapter to Sir John Barrow’s autobiographical memoir, which was published in 1847. Inscribed (f 4r): ‘A Supplementary Chapter to the Biographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart.’ An account of the Royal Society and Royal Society Club, with biographical...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1848
- Extent:
- 1 volume (171 folios)
5. Add MS 35304
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- Add MS 35304
- Title:
- BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. V. Watercolour drawings and printed materials relating to the voyage of H.M.S. North Star to Baffin Bay and Barrow Straits
- Scope & Content:
- Five watercolour views in Wolstenholme Sound, Baffin Bay, [Greenland], and several smaller sketches and maps illustrating the voyage of H.M.S. North Star (James Saunders, Master-commanding) to Baffin Bay and Barrow Straits, 1849-50. The North Star was intended as a provision-ship for the Frankli...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1849-1850
- Extent:
- 1 volume (19 folios)
6. Add MS 35305
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- Title:
- BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. VI. Manuscript of ‘The Queen's Illuminated Magazine and North Cornwall Gazette’
- Scope & Content:
- ‘The Queen's Illuminated Magazine and North Cornwall Gazette. Published in Winter quarters, Arctic Regions’, 28 October 1852-12 February 1853. The original manuscript, mainly in the handwriting of Lieutenant [afterwards Rear-Admiral] Sherard Osborn, in command of H.M.S. Pioneer in the Franklin...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 28 Oct 1852-12 Feb 1853
- Extent:
- 1 volume (68 folios)
7. Add MS 56298
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- Add MS 56298
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- Scope & Content:
- WARREN DAWSON PAPERS. Vol. XLI. Correspondence and papers of Sir Joseph Banks; 1727-1820. Provenance as given by Dawson in his catalogue, Add. 56311, item 45, is as follows: ff. 23-27 were purchased at Sotheby's 3 Aug. 1934, lot 1052 (part); f. 42 was purchased from Sotheran, 1912, by Williamson...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1727-1820
- Extent:
- 1 item