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032-002020740

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Add MS 29281

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ORIGINAL letters addressed to Henry Boase, of Penzance, on the "Bullion question," the repeal of the salt duties, and other matters more especially connected with Cornwall; 1797-1828. The names of the writers will appear in the Index. Among them are:-

Thomas Robson, missionary; Wampoo near Canton, 18 Dec. 1797, f. 2. P[atrick] Colquhoun; London, 22 Jan. 1803-4 July, 1811, ff. 6, 15, 20, 30, 36,43. Granville Sharpe; 8 Mar. 1804, f. 12. Joseph Lancaster; London, Lisbon, etc., 20 Sept. 1804, 26 Oct. 1812-29 July, 181,3, ff. 13,50-57. [Sir] Isaac Heard [Knt., Garter King at Arms]; College of Arms, 28 Feb. 1810, f. 16. Davies Giddy [afterwards Gilbert]; London, etc., 1 July, 1812-14 Sept. 1826, ff. 46,64,87,96, 98, 167, 191, 195, 213, 235, 237. [Francis Basset, Lord] De Dunstanville [and Basset]; Tehidy Park, 16 Dec. 1814-17 Jan. 1827, ff. 62, 147, 151, 233, 243, 251. J[ohn] Davy; London, 6, 27 Apr. 1815, ff. 66, 68. [Sir] H[umphrey] Davy; Cobham, Bishop's Auckland, etc., 8 July, 1815- 20 July, 1816, 10 May, 1824, ff. 70, 72, 83, 210. Edmund Davy; Cork, 29 Sept. 1815-1 Jan. 1817, ff. 75, 81, 85, 89. [Sir] T[homas] Bernard [Bart.]; London, etc., 7 Feb. 1817-24 May [1818], ff. 100, 105, 112, 121, 129, 135, 142. Robert Jameson [Professor of Natural History at Edinburgh] to Dr. Thomas Brown, Lecturer on Botany at Glasgow; Edinburgh, 3 Aug. 1817, f. 114. T[homas] Brown; Glascow, 4 Aug. 1817, f. 116. John [afterwards Sir John] Forbes [M.D.]; Edinburgh, London, etc., 8 Aug. 1817-24 Mar. [1822], ff. 118, 185, 189,193. John Ayrton Paris [M.D.]; London, 27 Oct. 1817-12 Jan. 1820, ff. 123, 127, 138, 165. [Sir] Rose Price [Bart.]; Trengwainton, etc., 26 Jan. 1818-28 July, 1825, ff. 133, 207, 218, 226. [Sir] C[hristopher] Hawkins [Bart.] Trewinnard, 14 Nov. 1818, f. 159. [Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount] Melville [First Lord of the Admiralty]; Admiralty, 5 July, 1820, f. 170. [Sir] R[ichard] R[awlinson] Vyvyan [Bart.]., Trelowarren, 7 Nov. 1826, f. 241. At f. 1 is inserted a passport for - King; Versailles, 13 Oct. 1783. Fr. Signed by Louis XVI.

Paper. Folio. Presented by G. C. Boase, Esq.

Scope & Content:

County of Cornwall: Correspondence of H. Boase relating to: 1797-1828.

Henry Boase, of Penzance: Correspondence: 1797 - 1828.

includes:

f. 2 Thomas Robson, Missionary: Letter to H. Boase: 1797.
f. 4 Joseph Hardcastle: Letter to H. Boase: 1800.
ff. 6, 15, 20, 30, 36, 43 Patrick Colquhoun: Letters to H. Boase: 1803-1811.
ff. 8, 10 Reverend Thomas Charles, of Bala: Letters to H. Boase: 1803.
f. 12 Granville Sharp: Letter to H. Boase: 1804.
ff. 13, 50-57 Joseph Lancaster: Letters to H. Boase: 1804, 1812-1813.
f. 16 Sir Isaac Heard, Garter King at Arms: Letter to H. Boase: 1810.
ff. 22, 24, 28, 32, 41 William Nicol: Letters to H. Boase: 1810, 1811.
f. 26 Reverend John Ousby: Letter to H. Boase: 1810.
ff. 34, 93 George B- Mitchell, Rector of Emberton: Letters to H. Boase: 1811, 1817.
f. 44 John Fry, Rector of Emberton: Letter to H. Boase: 1811.
ff. 46, 64, 87, 96, 98, 167, 191 Davies Giddy: Letters to H. Boase: 1812-1826.
ff. 48, 172, 176, 247 Reverend Charles Valentine Le Grice, junior: Letters to H. Boase: 1812-1826.
ff. 58, 178, 183 John Carne, of Queen's College, Cambridge: Letters to H. Boase: 1813-1821.
f. 60 Ashhurst Majendie: Letter to H. Boase: 1814.
ff. 63, 147, 151, 233, 243, 251 Sir Francis Basset, Baronet; Lord de Dunstanville: Letters to H. Boase and R. Taunton: 1814-1829.
ff. 66, 68 John Davy, MD: Letters to H. Boase: 1815.
ff. 70, 72, 83, 210 Sir Humphry Davy, natural philosopher: Letters to H. Boase: 1815-1816.
ff. 75, 81, 85, 89 Edmund Davy: Letters to H. Boase: 1815 - 1817.
f. 78 James Seton: Letter to H. Boase: 1815.
f. 79 Charles Weston: Letter to H. Boase: 1815.
ff. 100, 105, 112, 121, 129, 135 Sir Thomas Bernard, Baronet: Letters to H. Boase: 1817-1818.
f. 114 Robert Jameson, Regius Professor of Natural History, Edinburgh: Letter to H. Boase: 1817.
f. 116 Dr Thomas Brown: Letter to H. Boase: 1817.
ff. 118, 185, 189, 193 Sir John Forbes, MD: Letters to H. Boase: 1817-1823.
f. 122 W- Arundel Harris: Letter to H. Boase: 1817.
ff. 124, 127, 138, 165 John Ayrton Paris, physician: Letters to H. Boase: 1817-1820.
f. 125 W- Sandys, Colonel: Letter to H. Boase: 1817.
f. 131 Anne Pennick Borlase, afterwards wife of W Pascoe: Letter to H. Boase: 1818.
ff. 133, 207, 218, 226 Sir Rose Price, Baronet: Letters to H. Boase: 1818-1825.
ff. 136, 137, 145 Salt: Papers on the salt duties in India: 1783-1818.
f. 142 Sir Thomas Bernard, Baronet: Letters to H. Boase: 1817-1818.
f. 153 Robert Bowyer, Keeper of the Records in the Tower: Letter to H. Boase: 1818.
f. 159 Sir Christopher Hawkins, Baronet; FRS, MP: Letter to H. Boase: 1818.
f. 163 C- Johnson: Letter to H. Boase: 1819.
f. 170 Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville; First Lord of the Admiralty: Letter to H. Boase: 1820.
f. 174 Sir Charles George Young, Garter King of Arms: Letter to H. Boase: 1820.
f. 174 George Frederick Beltz, Lancaster Herald: Letter to H. Boase: 1820.
f. 180 Francis Bramah: Letter to H. Boase: 1821.
f. 187 Edward Budd: Letter to H. Boase: 1822.
ff. 195, 213, 235, 237 Davies Giddy: Letters to H. Boase: 1812-1826.
ff. 197, 199 George Nicol: Letters to H. Boase: 1823.
ff. 201, 205 Richard Cattermole, miscellaneous writer; Secretary of the Royal Society of Literature: Letters to H. Boase: 1823.
f. 220 M- Halliday, Captain, RN: Letter to H. Boase: 1825.
f. 222 Samuel John: Letter to H.Boase: 1825.
f. 229 George Clement Boase: Letter to II. Boase: 1825.: Lat.
f. 231 Thomas Peel: Letter to H. Boase: 1826.
f. 239 John Hearle Tremayne, of Heligan: Letter to H. Boase: 1826.
f. 241 Sir Richard Rawlinson Vyvyan, 8th Baronet: Letter to H. Boase: 1826.
f. 245 Richard Pearce: Letter to H. Boase: 1826.
ff. 249, 250 Reverend Charles Valentine Le Grice, junior: Sonnets: 1823, 1825.: Printed.
f. 256 George Clement Boase: Catalogue of his works: n.d.: Printed.
f. 256 Charles William Boase, Fellow of Exeter College, Oxon: Catalogue of his works: n.d.: Printed.
ff. 256, 257 Henry Boase, of Penzance: Catalogue of his works: n.d.: Printed.
f. 257 John Josias Arthur Boase, JP, of Penzance: Catalogue of his works: n.d.: Printed.

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Record Type (Level):

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Languages:

English
Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1783

End Date:

1828

Date Range:

1783-1828

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Custodial History:

George Clement Boase: Presented: in 1872.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Basset, Francis, Baron De Dunstanville and 1st Baron Basset, politician, 1757-1835
Beltz, George Frederick, Lancaster Herald
Bernard, Thomas, Baronet, of Add MS 18204
Boase, Charles William, Fellow of Exeter College, Oxon
Boase, George Clement, of Add MS 29281
Boase, Henry, of Penzance
Boase, John Josias Arthur, JP, of Penzance
Borlase, Anne Pennick, afterwards wife of W Pascoe
Bowyer, Robert, parliamentary official and politician, c 1560-1621
Bramah, Francis, of Add MS 29281
Brown, Thomas, Dr
Budd, Edward
Carne, John, of Queen's College, Cambridge
Cattermole, Richard, clergyman and writer, 1795-1858
Charles, Thomas, Reverend; of Bala
Colquhoun, Patrick, of Add MS 29281
Davy, Edmund, correspondent of Henry Boase, fl 1815-1817
Davy, Humphry, 1st Baronet, of Grosvenor Street, natural philosopher, 1778-1829
Davy, John, physician and correspondent of Henry Boase, fl 1815
Dundas, Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville, formerly Dundas, politician and statesman, 1771-1851
Forbes, John, physician and medical journalist, 1787-1861
Fry, John, Rector of Emberton
Giddy, Davies, of Add MS 29281
Halliday, M-, Captain, RN
Hardcastle, Joseph, of Add MS 29281
Harris, W- Arundel
Hawkins, Christopher, Baronet, FRS, MP
Heard, Isaac, Garter King at Arms
Jameson, Robert, Regius Professor of Natural History, Edinburgh
John, Samuel, of Add MS 29281
Johnson, C-
Lancaster, Joseph, of Add MS 29281
Le Grice, Charles Valentine, Reverend; junior
Majendie, Ashhurst
Mitchell, George B-, Rector of Emberton
Nicol, George, of Add MS 29281
Nicol, William, of Add MS 29281
Ousby, John, Reverend
Paris, John Ayrton, physician
Pearce, Richard
Peel, Thomas, of Add MS 29281
Price, Rose, Baronet
Robson, Thomas, Missionary
Sandys, W-, Colonel
Seton, James, of Add MS 29281
Sharp, Granville, of Add MS 29281
Tremayne, John Hearle, of Heligan
Vyvyan, Richard Rawlinson, 8th Baronet
Weston, Charles, of Add MS 29281
Young, Charles George, Garter King of Arms

Places:

Cornwall, England