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Add MS 88865
- Record Id:
- 040-000005507
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000005500
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000222.0x000350
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88865
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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Correspondence between Burton and John Hanning Speke, with related correspondence.
1. ff. 1-20. Letters to Burton from Speke, some with Burton's draft replies; 1859-1860. Printed in RC, pp. 154-160, 162-165, 167-172, 178-181
2. ff. 21-36. Letters from Speke to other correspondents, including a fragment of a letter to his mother concerning Burton, [1857], two to Norton Shaw, secretary of Royal Geographical Society and one from his brother Benjamin Speke to the RGS; 1854-1864
3. ff. 37-39. Letters from Burton to James Hunt, n.d., and John Kirk, 1872.
4. ff. 40-49. Letters to Burton from Dr Henry Barth, Francis Galton, the Rev. Johann Rebmann and Norton Shaw; 1856-1860.
5. ff. 50-51. Letter from James Augustus Grant to Sir Roderick Murchison concerning Speke's memorial; [1865]. 6. ff. 52-58. Letter to Quentin [Keynes], acknowledging use of his collection, 1966, followed by six pages of modern transcripts on the versos of proof-sheets from Search for the Source of the Nile; aft. 1998.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000005500
036-000005505
040-000005507 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88861-88877 : Burton Manuscripts
Add MS 88864-88865 : African Expeditions
Add MS 88865 : Correspondence between Burton and John Hanning Speke, with related correspondence. 1. ff. 1-20. Letters to Burton from Speke, some… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000005500[0002]/036-000005505[0002]/040-000005507
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88861-88877
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1859
- End Date:
- 1872
- Date Range:
- 1859-1872
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
- 58 folios
- Custodial History:
- Sotheby's, 9 April 1963, lot 579.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)