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2. Add MS 33930
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- PENCIL-SKETCHES made by Robert M'Cormick, F.R.C.S., R.N., on his voyage to the Arctic Regions in search of Sir John Franklin, in 1852-53. He has described the whole voyage in Voyages of Discovery, vol. ii. (London, 1884), pp. 3-179, and that part of it which was performed under his command in the Narrative of a Boat Expedition up the Wellington Channel (London, 1854). Paper; ff. 64. Oblong Folio. Presented by Colonel John Barrow, F.R.S.
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- Topography Collections of Drawings: Sketches in the Arctic Regions, by R. McCormick: 1852-53. Robert M'Cormick, Surgeon, RN: Sketches in the Arctic regions: 1852-53. Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Sketches in the Arctic Regions, by R. McCormick: 1852-1853. The Arctic: Sketches in, b...
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- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1852-1853
- Extent:
- 1 item
3. Add MS 35301
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- BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. II. Autograph manuscript of Sir John Barrow’s Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic regions
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- 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)
4. Add MS 35302
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- Title:
- BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. III. 'An Autobiographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart. (late of the Admiralty)'
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- 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...
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- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1839-1847
- Extent:
- 1 volume (254 folios)
5. Add MS 35303
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- Title:
- BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. IV. ‘A Supplementary Chapter to the Biographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart.’
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- 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)
6. Add MS 35304
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- 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
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- 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)
7. Add MS 35305
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- Title:
- BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. VI. Manuscript of ‘The Queen's Illuminated Magazine and North Cornwall Gazette’
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- ‘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)
8. Add MS 35306-35309
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- Add MS 35306-35309
- Title:
- BARROW BEQUEST. Vols. VII.-X. Letters to Colonel John Barrow from officers of all ranks and civilians, who took part in the various Arctic expeditions in search of Sir John Franklin, from Lady Jane Franklin and from a few others
- Scope & Content:
- Most of the letters were written during Col. John Barrow's official connection with the Admiralty, but they are all addressed to him in his private capacity, and many of them contain matter of a confidential nature, especially the ex parte accounts given him by Sir Edward Belcher on the one hand...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and French
- Date Range:
- 1849-1892
- Extent:
- 4 volumes
9. 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