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Name Sedgwick, Adam, Reverend FRS Place London, United Kingdom

1. Add MS 39954

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NON-SCIENTIFIC correspondence of Sir Richard Owen, K.C.B., Superintendent of the Natural History Departments of the British Museum 1856-1883, with occasional draft replies in Owen's hand, circ. 1838-1889. Prefixed are a few earlier letters (from 1817) chiefly addressed to Owen's father-in-law, W. Clift, naturalist. The names of the writers are given in the Index. Among them are:-- John Abernethy (to Clift). Sir William George Armstrong. Alexander Bain. Richard Doddridge Blackmore. Mary Eliz...
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Sir Richard Owen, KCB; naturalist: Correspondence (non-scientific): circ. 1838-1889. includes: f. 1 John Abernethy, surgeon: Letter to W. Clift: 1817. ff. 4, 6 John Thomson, surgeon, of Edinburgh: Letters to W. Clift: 1822, 1824. f. 8 James Wardrop, surgeon: Letter to W. Clift: 1825. f. 9 Euge...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1838-1889
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 45918

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MISCELLANE0US AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, mainly of statesmen, clergymen, writers, artists and actors; 1692-1906. Most of the letters are of the 19th century; eight are addressed to Francis Wrangham, Archdeacon of Cleveland (ff. 3, 18, 28, 40, 102, 175, 181, 255) and seven to Thomas Dixon Spain, of the Church of England Temperance Society (ff. 4, 5, 9, 80, 81, 140, 167). The only 17th-century letter is from John Houghton, writer on agriculture, to Sir Robert Southwell, 5 Nov. 1692 (f. 158); anonymous...
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includes: f. 1 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; formerly Gordon; Prime Minister: Letter to -: 1832. f. 2 Sir Edwin Arnold, KCIE; poet: Letter to D. C. Murray: 1897. f. 3 Thomas Arnold, Headmaster of Rugby: Letter to Rev. F.Wrangham: 1835. ff. 4, 5, 9 Phineas Taylor Barnum, American...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1692-1906
Extent:
1 item