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- Record Id:
- 040-002000559
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002000510
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000533.0x00039c
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- Add MS 56300
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WARREN DAWSON PAPERS. Vol. XLIII. Collection of papers, mainly relating to the pedigree of the Banks family; 1781-1814, n.d. Partly autograph. Partly printed. W.D.47. Dawson's bookplate, f. i.
Vellum (f. 1) and paper; ff. ii+118+(7*, 9*, 61*).
Contents:
1. f. 2. Blazon of arms of the Banks family; 18th cent. Painted.
2. ff. 3-6. Pedigrees of the Banks family; 18th-early 19th cent.
3. ff. 7-7*v. Arms of the Banks family; n.d. Ink and pencil.
4. f. 8. Pedigree of the family of James Hawley, M.D.; aft. 1794.
5. f. 9. Letter from Francis Townsend of the College of Heralds to Banks; 11 Aug. 1795.
6. f. 10. Arms of Banks, impaled; n.d. Painted.
7. ff. 11-57. Notes and material, 1650-1793, made and collected by Banks for his own pedigree; aft. 1793.
8. f. 58. Pedigree of the Banks family; 1781.
9. ff. 59-59v. Memoranda on establishing a colony in Africa; 1805.
10. ff. 60-61. Memoranda on the weights of various breeds of sheep; 1793-1794.
11. f. 61*. Plan of tables at a banquet and list of names; n.d.
12. f. 62. Memoranda on the weight of snow; 1814.
13. ff. 63v-64. Analysis of samples of soil and sub-soil; n.d.
14. ff. 65-66. Plan of the Vale of Woburn, co. Bedf., showing wells sunk in Dec. 1799; circa 1800. Scale 1 inch = 15 chains. Approx. 205 x 440mm.
15. ff. 67-90. Advertisements concerning animal husbandry, stock breeding, Woburn sheep-shearings, auctions, etc.; 1800-1814, n.d. Chiefly printed.
16. ff. 91-109. James Playfair, A method of constructing vapor baths (London, 1783).
17. ff. 110-118. P[atrick?] Crichton, Directions for constructing a cheap bed and elastic frame (Edinburgh, 1807).
includes:
- f. i Bookplates and Book-stamps: Warren Royal Dawson, FSA: Bookplate of Warren Royal Dawson: 20th cent.
- ff. 2, 7-7*v, 10 Heraldry: Banks family: Arms of the Banks family: 18th cent., n.d: Painted, ink and pencil.
- ff. 3-6, 11-58 Genealogies: Banks family: Pedigrees and genealogical memoranda of the Banks family: 1781-early 19th cent.
- f. 8 Genealogies: James Hawley, MD: Pedigree of James Hawley: aft. 1794.
- f. 9 Francis Townsend, Windsor Herald: Letter to Sir J. Banks: 1795.
- ff. 59-59v Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Africa: Memoranda on establishing a colony in Africa , by Sir Joseph Banks: 1805: Autogr.
- ff. 60-61 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Agriculture: Weights and Measures: Natural Science: Memoranda on the weights of various breeds of sheep , by Sir Joseph Banks: 1793-1794: Autogr.
- f. 61* Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Table plan and list of names for a banquet: n.d.: Autogr.
- f. 62 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Weights and Measures: Natural Science: Memoranda on the weight of snow by Sir Joseph Banks: 1814: Autogr.
- ff. 63v-64 Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Natural Science: Analysis of samples of soil by Sir Joseph Banks: n.d.: Autogr.
- ff. 65-66 Maps and Plans: Sir Joseph Banks, Baronet; PRS: Woburn, Bedfordshire: Plan to show wells in the Vale of Woburn , by Sir Joseph Banks: circa 1800: Pen and ink.
- ff. 67-90 Agriculture: Printed Matter: Advertisements conc. animal husbandry, stockbreeding, auctions, sheep-shearings, etc.,: 1800-1814, n.d: Printed.
- ff. 70-90 passim Woburn, Bedfordshire: Advertisements for sheep-shearings, etc.,: 1800-1805: Printed.
- f. 77 George Chaplin, of Tathwell, county Lincolnshire: Letter to Sir J. Banks: 1802.
- ff. 91-109 James Playfair, architect: Printed Matter: 'A method of constructing vapor baths': 1783: Printed.
- ff. 110-118 P. Crichton: Printed Matter: 'Directions for constructing a cheap bed and elastic frame': 1807: Printed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002000510
036-002000555
040-002000559 - Is part of:
- 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 56300 : WARREN DAWSON PAPERS. Vol. XLIII. Collection of papers, mainly relating to the pedigree of the Banks family; 1781-1814, n.d.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002000510[0029]/036-002000555[0004]/040-002000559
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 56258-56330
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1814
- Date Range:
- 1700-1814
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Banks, Family
Banks, Joseph, 1st Baronet, botanist, naturalist and patron of science, 1743-1820
Chaplin, George, of Tathwell Linc
Crichton, P
Dawson, Warren Royal, Egyptologist and librarian, 1888-1968
Hawley, James, MD
Playfair, James, architect
Townsend, Francis, Windsor Herald - Places:
- Africa, Africa
Woburn, Bedfordshire