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Name Children, John George, scientist, librarian at the British Museum, 1777-1852

1. Add MS 34576

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Add MS 34576
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Vol. X. (ff. 578). 1846-1847. includes: ff. 1, 234 Reverend David Williams, Head Master of Winchester College, and Warden of New College, Oxford: Letters to Rev. P. Bliss: 1824, 1845-1852. ff. 3, 42, 377 Albert Way, FSA: Letters to Rev. P.-Bliss: 1844-1855. f. 5 Anthony French Carpenter: Lette...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1846-1847
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 34581

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Vol. XV. (ff. 622). Undated. includes: f. 1 John Adams, Junior: Letter to Rev. P. Bliss: n.d. f. 3 Louisa Anstruther, (?) wife of Colonel R Anstruther: Letter to Rev. P. Bliss: n.d. f. 5 Kerchever William Arnold: Letter to Rev. P. Bliss: n.d. f. 7 Bertram Ashburnham, 4th Earl of Ashburnham: Le...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1806-1857
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 35057

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS, chiefly of scientific men and many of them addressed to Dir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society; 1693-1868. Several engraved and other portraits are interspersed. The names of the writers are given in the index. Paper; ff. 176. Folio. Presented by Spencer George Perceval, Esq.
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includes: f. 2 A - Cartwright: Letter to his brother: 1693. ff. 3, 3b Arthur Ingram, 3rd Viscount Irvine: Correspondence with the Lieut. Gen. of the Ordnance: 1700. f. 4 Robert Horsnaile: Letter to his father and mother: 1701. f. 6 Army; England: Recruits for Col. Howe's regiment: 1704. f. 7 Ri...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1693-1868
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 38625

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TWENTY-THREE original letters of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart., F.R.S., to John George Children, F.R.S., of the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, chiefly on scientific subjects, with drafts of a few letters of the latter to Davy; 1807-1824. At the end (f. 60) are some printed extracts relating to Davy's "Method of protecting the Copper Sheathing of Ships' Bottoms," 1824. The letters were used and a few printed, in whole or in part, by John Ayrton Paris, M.D., in his Life of Sir Humphrey D...
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Sir Humphry Davy, natural philosopher: Correspondence with J. G. Children: 1807-1824. John George Children, of the British Museum: Correspondence with Sir H. Davy: 1807-1824. includes: ff. 59-66 b Shipbuilding: Correspondence rel. to Sir H. Davy's method of protecting copper bottoms: 1824.: M...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1807-1824
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 52341

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vol. VIII, [1800?]-1885, n.d. includes: ff. 1-3b John Hodgson, Chief Clerk in Westminster Court of Requests: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1828, bef. 1838.f. 4 Arthur Howe Holdsworth, MP: Letter to W. Ayrton: 1829.ff. 6-9b Thomas Willett, schoolmaster, of Stockwell: Letters to W. Ayrton: 1813-18...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
[1800?]-1885
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 62711

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MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS: circa 1680-1879. Included are letters from (a) Godfrey Wentworth, M.P., to Alan Johnson, 1745. f. 1; - (b) Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield to -- Burton, 1779. f. 3; - (c) W. C. Macready to Richard Jones. f. 6-8v; Abraham Hayward to J. G. Children, introducing Thomas Carlyle, [1834?]. f. 12; - (d) Benjamin Disraeli to Sarah Disraeli and Thomas Bailey, 1840, 1846 (printed in Benjamin Disraeli Letters, Toronto, 1982-1989, III, pp. 301-302, IV, p. 237). ff. 14-19v...
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includes: f. 1 Godfrey Wentworth, MP: Alan Johnson, attorney of Wakefield: Letter to Alan Johnson from Godfrey Wentworth: 1745.f. 3 Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl of Chesterfield: Burton, at Bretby: Letter to — Burton from Lord Chesterfield: 1779.f. 5 Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nels...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1680-1879
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 70843

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Add MS 70843
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MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. V (ff. 170+74*). Letters numbered 1594-1678, with additions 1782-1786; 1806-1877, n.d. Contemporary index. Probably vol. X from the original series, see Add. 70844 below. Disbound, with several pages missing. Contemporary foliation 4-91, with gaps. Gilt-edged pages. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1806-1877
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 70851

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MCCRIMMON COLLECTION. Vol. XIII (ff. 91). Correspondence, etc., of members of the Natural History Departments, afterw. the British Museum (Natural History); 1773-1916, n.d. English and French. Includes some portraits. includes: f. 1 Daniel Charles Solander, botanist; Keeper of Printed Books,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1773-1916
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 70951

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Add MS 70951
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Charnwood Autographs
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CHARNWOOD AUTOGRAPHS. Vol. IV. Artistic, dramatic and scientific autogaphs, etc.; circa 16th-20th cent. Included are Sir Christopher Wren, Sir Godfrey Kneller, William Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Joseph Wright of Derby, William Blake, David Cox, Sir David Wilkie, John Sell Cotman, Samuel Prout...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 16th century-20th century
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2 items

10. Add MS 88942/2/19

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Add MS 88942/2/19
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Talbot: Letters to W. H. F. Talbot (CAR-CLA)
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Carter, Thomas (1833). NTA: 24955. Cartwright, W. B. (1835). NTA: 25057, 25091. Cassell, Petter & Galpin (1860). NTA: 28650. Cattermole, Richard, Revd. (1847). NTA: 32830. Cauchoix, Robert-Aglae (1824). Letters in French. NTA: 32297, 32298. Cavendish, William George Spencer (1829). NTA:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1824-1870
Extent:
1 file