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Add MS 54483
- Record Id:
- 032-001960013
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001960013
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000055.0x000054
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 54483
- Title:
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GRAVES PAPERS: letters and journal of Lieutenant Thomas Molyneux Graves, R.E., from the Crimea; July-Oct. 1854. Contemporary copies, with alterations and notes in a second hand. Lieutenant Graves was killed at the Redan in the attack on Sebastopol, Sept. 1855 (f. 2). Acquired by Sir Thomas Phillipps, circa 1860, Phillipps MS. 15676. Sotheby's sale-cat. 27 June 1966, lot 334 (part). Presented by Hofmann and Freeman (Antiquarian Booksellers) Ltd., 14 Oct. 1968.
Paper; ff. 26. 222 x 137mm.
Contents:
1. ff. 3-19v. Letters from Graves to his sister Kate; 26 July-12 Oct. 1854.
2. ff. 19v-24v. Journal of the siege of Sebastopol describing work done on setting up the fortifications; 27 Sept.-15 Oct. 1854.
3. f. 25v. Sketch-map of positions before Sebastopol; Oct. 1854. Ink. 183 x 125mm.
- Scope & Content:
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The Crimea, Russia: Lieutenant Thomas Molyneux Graves, RE: Army; England: Letters and journal from the Crimea of Lieut. Thomas Molyneux Graves: 1854: Copies.
includes:
- ff. 3-19v Lieutenant Thomas Molyneux Graves, RE: Letters to his sister, K. Graves: 1854: Copies.
- ff. 19v-24v Lieutenant Thomas Molyneux Graves, RE: Sebastopol, the Crimea: Diaries and Memoranda: Journal of the siege of Sebastopol by Lieut. Thomas Molyneux Graves: 1854: Copy.
- f. 25v Maps and Plans: Sebastopol, the Crimea: Sketch-map of positions before Sebastopol: 1854: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001960013
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001960013
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1854
- End Date:
- 1854
- Date Range:
- Jul 1854-Oct 1854
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
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Sir Thomas Phillipps, Baronet; of Middle Hill: Owned, 19th cent.
Hofmann and Freeman; antiquarian booksellers: Presented, 1968.
- Former External References:
- Phillipps MS 15676
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Army of England
Graves, Thomas Molyneux, army officer and diarist, d 1855
Hofmann and Freeman, antiquarian booksellers
Phillipps, Thomas, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts, 1792-1872,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000083446892 - Places:
- Crimea, Ukraine
Sebastopol, the Crimea