Add MS 56298

WARREN DAWSON PAPERS. Vol. XLI. Correspondence and papers of Sir Joseph Banks; 1727-1820. Provenance as given by Dawson in his catalogue, Add. 56311, item 45, is as follows: ff. 23-27 were purchased at Sotheby's 3 Aug. 1934, lot 1052 (part); f. 42 was purchased from Sotheran, 1912, by Williamson Lamplough, Esq.; the remainder were purchased from Maggs, Jan. 1935. All the items were given to Dawson by E. S. Lamplough in 1935. W.D.45.

Paper; ff. ii+48.

Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Correspondence and papers: 1727-1820.

includes:

• f. 2 Joseph Banks, of Revesby, county Lincolnshire; MP: Receipt from: 1727: Signed.
• f. 3 Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox: Letter to Sir J. Banks: 1783.
• f. 4 John Campbell, 4th Earl of Breadalbane; 1st Marquess of Breadalbane 1813: Letter to Sir J. Banks: 1784.
• ff. 6-9v East India Company: Correspondence of the Chairman of, with Sir J. Banks: 1791: Partly draft.
• f. 10 William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland: Letter to Sir J. Banks: [1791].
• f. 11 David Steuart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan: Letter to Sir J. Banks: 1792.
• f. 12 David Steuart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan: Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc, philologist and antiquary: Printed Matter: Advertisement by Lord Buchan conc. the mss. of Nicolas Claude Fabri de Peiresc: 1792: Printed.
• f. 13 S. G. Kleinert, of Highgate: Letter to Sir J. Banks: 1795.
• f. 14 Alexander Aubert, FRS: Letter to Sir J. Banks: 1795.
• ff. 18-21v George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough; formerly Churchill: Correspondence with Sir J. Banks: 1797: Partly draft.
• f. 22 'Incola Orcadensis', pseudonym; of Edinburgh: Letter to Sir J. Banks: 1805.
• f. 23 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Letter to C. Butler: 1807.
• f. 25 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Letter to S. Canning: 1817.
• f. 27 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Letter to Lady —: [1810?].
• ff. 28-29v Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon: Correspondence with Sir J. Banks: 1810: Partly copy.
• f. 30 Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire: Letter to Sir J. Banks: 1812.
• f. 32 J.? Fretwell, of Boothby, county Lincolnshire: Letter to Sir J. Banks: 1812.
• ff. 34-41v Richard Le-Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty: Letters to Sir J. Banks: 1813-1814.
• f. 42 William Scoresby, Captain afterwards Reverend; FRS: Letter to Sir J. Banks: 1818.
• f. 44 Maps and Plans: William Scoresby, Captain afterwards Reverend; FRS: The Arctic: A sketch of the position of the Polar Ice by William Scoresby: 1817-1818: Ink and colour-wash.
• ff. 45-47 Major Barre Richard William Latter: Letter to Lt.-Col. J. Nicol: 1820.
• f. 47 Natural History: Art. Miscellaneous: Major Barre Richard William Latter: Mythology: Sketch of a unicorn by Maj. Barre Richard William Latter: 1820.