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1. Add MS 88876

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Miscellaneous correspondence of Burton, chiefly letters from him to various correspondents, including one of 1872 to his wife; 1854-1887. A collection with various provenances, including some typewritten transcripts and printed sale catalogue excerpts. The letters from Burton are to Sir R. Marti...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854-1887
Extent:
1 file

2. Add MS 88862

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Fragments of autobiography and autobiographical notes. 1. Autograph draft of his autobiography covering the period from his arrival in Bombay in Oct. 1842 to his departure from India March 1849. 33 pages 2. Autograph draft entitled 'Beatson's Horse', with chapter title and the last 9 ½ pages i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840s-1887
Extent:
1 file

3. Add MS 88877

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Correspondence of and relating to Isabel Burton; 1868-1911. Consisting of letters from her to several correspondents, including members of her family, her husband (ff. 54-57) and 'Ouida' (Marie Louise de la Ramee), 1870-1894; followed by letters to her from Edgar Prestage, 1894-1896 (ff. 80-111)...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1868-1911
Extent:
1 file

4. Add MS 88866

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Autograph draft, untitled and incomplete, of an 'Anglo-India glossary', containing satirical definitions of officers and practices; n.d., but the last page is written on the verso of an address leaf of a letter to Burton in Bombay, and post-marked Aug. 1846. Incomplete, consisting of pages number...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
nd
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1 file

5. Add MS 88865

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Correspondence between Burton and John Hanning Speke, with related correspondence. 1. ff. 1-20. Letters to Burton from Speke, some with Burton's draft replies; 1859-1860. Printed in RC, pp. 154-160, 162-165, 167-172, 178-181 2. ff. 21-36. Letters from Speke to other correspondents, including ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1859-1872
Extent:
1 file

6. Add MS 88874

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Isabel Burton, 'My Deposition regarding the Scented Garden'; Mortlake, 16 Sept. 1893. Typewritten with autograph corrections and signed. Referring to the manuscript of her husband's unfinished work which she destroyed at Trieste after his death. With the envelope, annotated by her, 'Scented garde...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1889-1893
Extent:
1 file

7. Add MS 88867

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Notebook containing extensive autograph drafts of verse, original and in translation, with some notes on various subjects, in ink and pencil, heavily corrected, cancelled and revised; n.d. but mostly in Burton's earlier hand, with those on the first and last leaves in a smaller and later hand. S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
nd
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 88863

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Passages in Isabel Burton's hand of revised passages of Burton's autobiography. With occasional additions by Burton and printed excerpts and proof sheets pasted in. The first 17 folios, which have contemporary numeration, are written on sheets which appear to have been torn from a volume similar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1887
Extent:
1 file

9. Add MS 88861

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Manuscript entitled, 'The Early Days of R. F. Burton/ begun on board Calypso—Bound for Bombay 1 January 1876 / Richard Burton's biography dictated to Isabel Burton'; covering the period 1876-1884. Draft in the hand of Isabel Burton, with autograph additions and corrections by Burton on the first ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876-1884
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 88871

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Autograph working draft of Burton's poem 'The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi/A Lay of the Higher Law/', which purported to be a translation from the Persian by 'Frank Baker' (a pseudonym of Burton). Including the poem (in couplets) and the explanatory notes, with many revisions and including matt...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 file

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