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Add MS 34048

Record Id:
032-002025015
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002025015
MDARK:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 34048
Title:

FORTY-ONE original letters from Sir William Hamilton, English Minister at tho Court of Naples, to Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, G.C.B., President of the Royal Society on scientific matters, chiefly with regard to Volcanoes and on the establishment in Naples, under the auspices of the King and Queen, of a garden on the English system; Venafro, Portici, Caserta, Narples, etc., 10 Jan. 1778-30 Jan. 1803. The letters contain numerous references to Sir William's liaison and subsequent marriage with Emma Hart. For the other side of this correspondence see Egerton 2,641. Paper; ff. 102. At the end are letters to Sir. J. Banks from from W[illiam] R[ichard] Hamilton, Under Foreign Secretary; Jan. 1811. f.99; -and from [?] William Hamilton; Chelsea, 1 Feb. 1818. f. 100. At f. 21 is a memorandum by Don Juan Vivenzio of the greatest rise and fall of the thermometer at Naples during the winter of 1784-85. Folio.

Scope & Content:

Volcanoes: Letters on, from Sir W. Hamilton: 1778-1803.

City of Naples: Letters from Sir W. Hamilton on the establishment of an English garden in: 1778-1803.

Horticulture: Letters from Sir W. Hamilton on the establishment of an English garden in Naples: 1778-1803.

Sir William Hamilton, English Minister at Naples: Letters to Sir J. Banks: 1778-1803.

Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Letters to, from Sir W. Hamilton: 1778-1803.

includes:

  • f. 21 Juan Vivenzio: Mem. on greatest rise and fill of thermometer in Naples: 1784-5.
  • f. 21 Meteorology: Mem. of the greatest rise and fall of the thermometer at Naples in the winter of: 1784-85.
  • f. 99 William Hamilton, Under Foreign Secretary of State: Letter to Sir J. Banks: 1811.
  • f. 100 William Hamilton: Letter to Sir J. Banks: 1818.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002025015
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Hierarchy:
032-002025015
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not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1778
End Date:
1818
Date Range:
10 Jan 1778-1 Feb 1818
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Banks, Joseph, 1st Baronet, botanist, naturalist and patron of science, 1743-1820
Hamilton, William, English Minister at Naples
Hamilton, William, Under Foreign Secretary of State
Hamilton, William, of Add MS 34048
Vivenzio, Juan
Places:
Naples, Italy