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032-002059965

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032-002059965

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Add MS 39997

Title:

LETTERS relating to numismatics, addressed, with few exceptions, to Gen. Charles Richard Fox, M.P., Surveyor-General of Ordnance, and afterwards Receiver-General of the Duchy of Lancaster; 1837-1870, and undated. Fr. and Engl. The majority of the letters are from [Honoré Théodoric Paul Joseph] D'Albert, [Duc] de Luynes, and W[illiam] H[enry] Waddington, French statesman. A portion of the correspondence refers to the engraving of

plates for C. R. Fox's Engravings of unpublished or rare Greek coins, Part I (1856), carried out 'by L. Dardel, at Paris, under the superintendence of the Due de Luynes. At the beginning are letter: (a) from [Étienne] Chamillart [1656-1730], Jesuit, to -, n.d. Fr. f. 1 ;- - (b) from Abbé [Jean Jacques] Barthélemy to [Jean Denis] Barbier du Boccage, [sic, for Barbié du Bocage], 1788 (?). Fr. f. 2. Paper ; ff. 158. Folio. Presented to the Museum as part of a larger donation by Mrs. Frederick Adam. Transferred from the Department of Coins and Medals.

Scope & Content:

includes:

f. 1 Étienne Chamillart, d 1730 Jesuit and numismatist: Letter to -: n.d.: Fr.
f. 2 Abbé Jean Jacques Barthélemy, French scholar and numismatist: Letter to J. D. Barbie du Bocage: 1788 [?].: Fr.
ff. 3, 6 Alexander Burnes, Indian political officer; Knight 1838: Letters to Col. C. R. Fox: 1837, 1840.
ff. 3-158 General Charles Richard Fox, numismatist: Letters to, from numismatists.: 1837-1870, n.d.: Fr. and Engl.
ff. 6-158 Numismatics: Letters to Gen. C. R. Fox, etc., rel. to: 1840-1870.
ff. 8, 9, 11 Horace Hayman Wilson, orientalist: Letters to Col. C. R. Fox: 1841.
f. 15 John Brodribb Bergne, of the Foreign Office: Letter to Col. C. R. Fox: 1844.
ff. 17, 20, 23 Edward Thomas, Indian antiquary: Letters to Gen. C. R. Fox: 1850.
f. 19 Major Alexander Cunningham, Director-General of the Indian Archaeological Survey 1870; KCIE 1887: List of Bactrian and Indo-Scythian coins by: 1850.
f. 21 Lieutenant Daniel George Robinson, of the Indian Survey: Letter to E. Thomas: 1850.
ff. 27-154 passim Honoré Théodoric Paul Joseph d' Albert, Duc de Luynes: Letters to Gen. C. R. Fox: 1852-1861, n.d.: Fr.
ff. 33, 44, 50 William Henry Waddington, French Ambassador in London: Letters to Gen. C. R. Fox: 1854-1870, n.d.
f. 36 Sir Charles Thomas Newton, KCB; archaeologist: Letter to Gen. C. R. Fox: 1854.
ff. 38 (copy), 40, 46, 47 Sir Charles Fellows, traveller and archaeologist: correspondence with Gen. C. R. Fox: 1854.
f. 48 Philip James Green: Letter to Gen. C. R. Fox: 1854.
f. 78 Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks, KCB; FSA: Letter to C. R. Fox: 1855.
f. 119 Gustave Rouland, junior; of the French Ministry of Public Instruction: Letter to the Duc de Luynes: 1859.: Fr.: Copy.
ff. 124, 131, 140 Samuel Birch, of the British Museum; Keeper of Oriental, British and Mediaeval Antiquities 1861: Letters to J. W. Jones and Gen. C. R. Fox: 1860, 1861.

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Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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032-002059965

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032-002059965

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

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Languages:

English
French

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1837

End Date:

1870

Date Range:

1837-1870

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Custodial History:

Mrs Frederick Adam: Presented in 1920 (to Department of Coins and Medals): 1920.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Adam, Frederick, Mrs
Albert, Honoré Théodoric Paul Joseph, Duc de Luynes
Barthélemy, Jean-Jacques, abbot; French scholar and numismatist, 1716-1795
Bergne, John Brodribb, of the Foreign Office
Birch, Samuel, of the British Museum; Keeper of Oriental, British and Mediaeval Antiquities 1861
Burnes, Alexander, Knight, political officer and explorer, 1805-1841
Chamillart, Étienne, Jesuit and numismatist, d 1730
Cunningham, Alexander, Knight, engineer and archaeologist, 1814-1893
Fellows, Charles, Sir, traveller and archaeologist, 1799-1860
Fox, Charles Richard, General; numismatist
Franks, Augustus Wollaston, KCB, FSA
Green, Philip James, correspondent of Charles Richard Fox, fl 1854
Newton, Charles Thomas, KCB, archaeologist
Robinson, Daniel George, Lieutenant; of the Indian Survey
Rouland, Gustave, junior; of the French Ministry of Public Instruction
Thomas, Edward, Indian antiquary
Waddington, William Henry, French Ambassador in London
Wilson, Horace Hayman, orientalist, 1786-1860