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2. 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
3. Add MS 56298
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- Add MS 56298
- Title:
- 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