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1. Add MS 35306

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Title:
BARROW BEQUEST Vol. VII. Letters relating to various naval expeditions, many addressed to John Barrow
Scope & Content:
The volume of letters is divided into the following sections: 1. ‘Captain Austin's expedition’ of 1850, in H.M. Ships Resolute, Assistance,Intrepid, and Pioneer: letters from Captains Horatio Thomas Austin and Erasmus Ommauney, Lieutenants Juhn Bertie Cator and Sherard Osborn, and others, 1850-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1850-1873
Extent:
1 volume (342 folios)

2. Add MS 35307

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Title:
BARROW BEQUEST Vol. VIII. Letters chiefly relating to Sir Edward Belcher’s Arctic expedition of 1852-1854
Scope & Content:
The volume of letters is divided into the following sections: 1. ‘Sir Edward Belcher's expedition’ of 1852-54. Contains very outspoken accounts of the disagreements between Sir E. Belcher and the officers under him. Besides Belcher himself and Lieut. (Commander, Oct. 1852) Sherard Osborn, the w...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1852-1873
Extent:
1 volume (611 folios)

3. Add MS 35308

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Title:
BARROW BEQUEST Vol. IX. Letters relating to Arctic expeditions
Scope & Content:
The volume of letters is divided into the following sections: 1. ‘Captain [Richard] Collinson, C.B., H.M. Discovery Ship “Enterprize” 1850’; 15 January 1850-5 June 1875: including (ff. 55-59) the printed and written notices left in the Arctic regions by previous explorers end found by Captain C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1849-1892
Extent:
1 volume (409 folios)

4. Add MS 35309

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Add MS 35309
Title:
BARROW BEQUEST Vol. X. Letters of naval Captains and others, many addressed to John Barrow
Scope & Content:
The letters are divided into the following sections: 1. ‘Captain Sherard Osborn, C.B.’ Inscribed in pencil: ‘Private Letters’. The first six letters (ff. 4-39) form a sort of journal of the expedition under Sir E. Belcher (see Add MS 35307, art. 1); the remainder are dated 21 January 1859-19 Ap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1859-1877
Extent:
1 volume (337 folios)