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WARREN DAWSON PAPERS. Vol. XLII. Correspondence and papers of Sir Joseph Banks; 1773-1814, n.d. Partly autograph, partly copies made by Dawson. Many dates assigned in this section are derived from Dawson's catalogue entry, Add. 56311, item 46. The originals were chiefly purchased at Sotheby's 3 Aug. 1934, lot 1052 (part), and given to Dawson by E. S. Lamplough, while other items were purchased from Michelmore & Sons, London (see Add. 56311, item 46). W.D.46.

Paper; ff. i+107+(22*, 27*, 31*, 45*, 49*, 56*, 72*).

Contents:

1. ff. 1-2. Report on the unrolling of papyri from Herculaneum; [1804].

2. ff. 3-4. On the revival of an obsolete mode of managing strawberries; [1806].

3. f. 5. Memoranda on Chinese porcelain; n.d.

4. ff. 6-15. Memoranda on economic matters; n.d.

5. ff. 16-17v. Memoranda on coinage; 1806.

6. ff. 18-19v. Extracts from Philosophical Transactions, 1732-1759; [1804].

7. ff. 20-22v. Extract from a work relating to the papyrus plant; [1804]. Latin. Annotated by Banks.

8. ff. 23-47. Correspondence; 1787-1814.

9. ff. 48-48v. Memoranda on persons engaged to go to India, for the cultivation of hemp; n.d.

10. ff. 49-50v. Questionnaire by Banks, with answers by an agent to Lord Clive, on crossing a zebra with an ass; 1773.

11. ff. 51-54. Accounts of lakes called Seled and Nedebe to the west of the Nile, and mineral deposits there; early 19th cent. Not in Banks' autograph.

12. ff. 55-107. Correspondence and papers of Sir Joseph Banks from the India Office Archive, etc., collected and copied by Dawson; 1935-1937, n.d. Partly typewritten. A few original items are interspersed in the collection.

Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Correspondence and papers: 1773-1814, n.d.: Partly copies.

includes:

ff. 1-2 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Herculaneum: Papyri: Report on unrolling papyri at Herculaneum by Sir Joseph Banks: [1804]: Autogr.
ff. 3-4 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Horticulture: Treatise on managing strawberries by Sir Joseph Banks: [1806]: Autogr.
f. 5 Ceramics: Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Memoranda on Chinese porcelain by Sir Joseph Banks: n.d.: Autogr.
ff. 6-15 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Trade and Commerce: Economics: Memoranda on economic matters by Sir Joseph Banks: n.d.: Autogr.
ff. 16-17v Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Coinage: Memoranda on coinage by Sir Joseph Banks: 1806: Autogr.
ff. 18-19v Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Royal Society: Extracts from 'Philosophical Transactions' 1732-1759 by Sir Joseph Banks: [1804]: Autogr.
ff. 20-22v Papyri: Extract from a work conc. the papyrus plant: [1804]: Latin.
f. 23 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Letter to R. Rennie: 1809.
f. 25 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Letter to Dr — Laidlay: [1795]: Draft.
f. 27 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Letter to W. Marsden: [1805].
f. 28 Mungo Park, African explorer: Letter to W. Dickson: 1805: Extract.
ff. 29-31 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Letter to the Marquis del Campo: 1796: Draft.
ff. 32-33v Francis Masson, botanic gardener: Letters of introduction, etc., for: 1797: Copies.
f. 34 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Letter to — Charrettié: [1803?]: Draft.
f. 35 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Letter to — Maclean: 1798.
f. 37 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Letter to(?) the Sec. of the East India Company: n.d.: Draft.
f. 39 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Letter to N. T. Host: 1812: Draft.
ff. 41-45v Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Letter to G. Harrison: 1814: Draft.
ff. 46-47 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Letter to Lord Shelburne: 1787: Draft.
ff. 48-48v Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: India: Horticulture: Memoranda on persons engaged to go to India to cultivate hemp by Sir Joseph Banks: n.d.: Autogr.
f. 49* Geoffrey Marr Vevers, Consultant to the Zoological Society: Letter to W. R. Dawson: 1939: Typewritten.
ff. 49-50v Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Natural History: Questionnaire, with replies, on crossing a zebra with an ass , by Sir Joseph Banks: 1773: Autogr.
ff. 51-54 Egypt: Account of lakes, etc., to the west of the Nile: early 19th cent.
f. 56* W. Ottewill, of the India Office: Letter to W. R. Dawson: 1937.
ff. 82-83v Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Wills: Codicils of the will of of Sir Joseph Banks: 1820: Copies.
f. 95 Hon Robert Fulke Greville, MP; FRS: Letter to Sir J. Banks: 1793.
f. 98 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Letter to — Heales: 1814.

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032-002000510
036-002000555
040-002000558

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Add MS 56258-56330 : WARREN DAWSON PAPERS. Antiquarian and egyptological collections of Warren Royal Dawson, O.B.E., F.R.S.E., F.S.A.; early…
Add MS 56297-56302 : WARREN DAWSON PAPERS. Vols. XL-XLV. Papers of and relating to Sir Joseph Banks; 1727-circa 1958, n.d. Six volumes.

Add MS 56299 : WARREN DAWSON PAPERS. Vol. XLII. Correspondence and papers of Sir Joseph Banks; 1773-1814, n.d. Partly autograph, partly copies made…

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Languages:

English
Latin

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Latin

Start Date:

1773

End Date:

1937

Date Range:

1773-1937

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Custodial History:

ff. 1-54 passim Edmund Sykes Lamplough, of Lloyd's: Owned, 1934.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Banks, Joseph, 1st Baronet, botanist, naturalist and patron of science, 1743-1820
Greville, Robert Fulke, army officer, politician and courtier, 1751-1824
Lamplough, Edmund Sykes, of Lloyd's
Masson, Francis, botanic gardener
Ottewill, W, of the India Office
Park, Mungo, explorer of Africa, 1771-1806
Royal Society, 1660-
Vevers, Geoffrey Marr, Consultant to the Zoological Society

Places:

Egypt, Africa
Herculaneum, Italy
India, Asia