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040-002003332

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032-002003331

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Vol. I, ff. 245.

includes:

ff. 1, 3 William Scoresby, Captain afterwards Reverend; FRS: Letters to Capt. G. W. Manby: 1829, 1835.
ff. 1-39 passim George William Manby, FRS: Letters to: 1829-1850.
f. 5 William John Huggins, painter: Letter to J. Brown: 1841.
ff. 7,9 W. H. Bensted, of Maidstone: Letters to J. Brown: 1842.
f. 11 David James, Perpetual Curate of Kirkdale, county Lancashire: Letter to J. Brown: 1844.
ff. 13, 91, 108 Richard King, arctic traveller and ethnologist: Correspondence with J. Brown: 1845-1858.
f. 14 Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk, traveller: Letter to J. Brown: 1845.
f. 16 Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, antiquary: Letter to J. Brown: 1845.
f. 19 Lieutenant John Conjuit, RN: Letter to J. Brown: 1849.
f. 21 Thomas Douglas Harington, Canadian civil servant: Letter to J. Brown: 1849.
ff. 24, 26 Sir James Clark Ross, FRS; RearAdm. 1856: Letters to Capt. G. W. Manby: 1849-1850.
f. 27 Jane Franklin, wife of Sir J Franklin: Letter to Capt. G. W. Manby: 1850.
ff. 29, 32, 34, 39 Captain Sir John Ross, RN: Letters to Capt. G. W. Manby: 1850.
f. 31 George William Manby, FRS: Letter to D. Turner: 1850.
ff. 41, 44, 97 Rear-Admiral John Washington, Hydrographer of the Navy: Correspondence with J. Brown: 1851-1857.
f. 47 Sir James Clark Ross, FRS; RearAdm. 1856: LettertoW. Jerdan: 1851.
ff. 49-56 Reinhold Pauli, author: Correspondence with J. Brown: 1852.
f. 57 John Joseph Shillinglaw, author: Letter to J. Brown: 1853.
f. 58 Henry Norton Shaw, MRCS; Secretary, Royal Geographical Society: Letter to J. Brown: 1853.
ff. 60, 60b, 149, 151, 156 Jane Franklin, wife of Sir J Franklin: Correspondence with J. Brown: 1853-1859.
ff. 61, 62 Sophia Cracroft, niece of Sir J Franklin: Correspondence with J. Brown: 1853.
f. 64 Richard Cull, Hon. Secretary, The Ethnological Society: Letter to J. Brown: 1853.
ff. 67-76 Captain Henry Kellett, RN, ViceAdm. 1868: K.C.B. 1869. Correspondence with J. Brown: 1854.
ff. 77, 96 Walter Graham Blackie, publisher: Letters to J. Brown: 1855, n.d.
ff. 80, 166, 187 Chandos Hoskyns Abrahall, poet: Letters to J. Brown: 1856-1862.
f.87 Kelley: Letter to J. Brown: 1856.
f. 89 Joseph Barclay Pentland: Letter to Adm. -: 1856.
f. 95 Charles Roach Smith, FSA: Letter to J. Brown: 1856.
ff. 99, 142, 245 Charles Tilstone Beke, Abyssinian explorer: Letters to J. Brown: 1857-1867.
ff. 101, 110, 112, 120, 137, 161 Admiral Sir Richard Collinson, KCB: and K.C.B. 1875. Letters to J. Brown: 1858-1860.
f. 105 Robert McCormick, naval surgeon: Letter to J. Brown: 1858.
ff. 114, 118, 136 August Heinrich Petermann, geographer: Letters to J. Brown: 1858-1859.
f. 116 Vice-Admiral Sir Horatio Thomas Austin, KCB: Letter to J. Brown: 1858.
f. 123 Admiral William Henry Smyth, scientific writer: Letter to J. Brown: 1858.
ff. 125-128 Admiral William Henry Smyth, scientific writer: 'A Farewell to the Double-Star', poem by: 1858.: Fr.
f. 130 Sir John Somerset Pakington, 1st Baronet; 1st Baron Hampton: Letter to J. Brown: 1858.
f. 132 James Steuart, of Lewisham: Letter to A. G. Findlay: 1858.
f. 134 Thomas Wright, FSA: Letter to J. Brown: 1858.
f. 139 Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, MP: Letter to J. R. Brown: 1859.
f. 140 James Sheridan Knowles, dramatist: Lines from'Virginius' by: 1859.: Autogr.
f. 147 Sir Richard Quain, Baronet; FRCP: Letter to J. R. Brown: 1859.
f. 148 William Bollaert, FRGS: Letter to J. Brown: 1859.
f. 153 John Herbert Orpen: Letter to J. Brown: 1859.
f. 157 William Parker Snow, author: Letter to J. Brown: 1860.
ff. 159, 197, 202, 208, 222 Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton, formerly Watts; critic, novelist and poet: Letters to J. R. Brown: 1860-1891.
f. 164 Sir John Richardson, CB; Arctic explorer: Letter to J. Brown: 1860.
f. 165 Captain D. May: Letter to J. Brown: bef. 1861.
ff. 168, 169 Robert J. Wheeler, Chief Clerk, Royal Geographical Society: Correspondence with J. Brown: 1861.
f.170 Alexander George Findlay, geographer and hydrographer: Letter to J. R. Brown: 1861.
ff. 171, 179, 183 John Barrow: Letters to J. R. Brown: 1861, n.d.
ff. 173, 230 Robert McCormick, naval surgeon: Letters to J. R. Brown: 1861-1887.
ff. 175, 193, 200, 204, 215, 217 Carl Christian Rafn, Danish archaeologist: Correspondence with J. R. Brown: 1861-1863.
f. 181 Captain Sir Robert John Le Mesurier McClure, RN: Letter to J. R. Brown: 1861.
f. 185 William R. Virgoe: Letter to J. R. Brown: 1861.
f.189 Thomas Hodgkin, physician: Letter to J. R. Brown: 1862.
f. 191 Sir Samuel Morton Peto, 1st Baronet; of Somerleyton: Letter to J. R. Brown: 1862.
f. 195 Alfred Gatley, sculptor: Letter to J. B. Atkinson: 1862.
f. 199 Frederick Manning, of Leamington: Letter to J. R. Brown: 1863.
f.206 Sir John Bowring, writer, reformer and diplomatist: Letter to J. R. Brown: 1863.
f. 207 Paul Belloni du Chaillu, traveller: Letter to J. R. Brown: 1863.
f. 210 William Parker Snow, author: Letter to J. R. Brown: 1863.
ff. 219, 220 Edward Duncan, artist: Letters to J. R. Brown: 1864.
f. 223 Charles Carter Blake, anthropologist: Letter to J. R. Brown: 1865.
f.224 Frank William Warwick Topham, artist: Letter to J. R. Brown: 1866.
f. 226 James Hunt, ethnologist: Letter to J. R. Brown: 1866.
f. 227 Francis Montague Holl, painter: Letter to J. R. Brown: 1866.
ff. 231, 233 Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald, author: Letters to J. R. Brown: 1866.
ff. 235-241 George Haydock Dodgson, artist: Correspondence with J. R. Brown: 1867.
f. 243 Jane Dodgson, wife of George Haydock Dodgson: Letter to J. R. Brown: 1867.

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Western Manuscripts

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040-002003332

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Add MS 42712-42713 : CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESSED TO JOHN BROWN, F.R.G.S., (b. 1797, d. 1861) and his son, James Roberts Brown, F.R.G.S.;…

Add MS 42712 : Vol. I, ff. 245.includes:ff. 1, 3 William Scoresby, Captain afterwards Reverend; FRS: Letters to Capt. G. W. Manby: 1829,…

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Languages:

English
French

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Latin

Start Date:

1829

End Date:

1903

Date Range:

1829-1903

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Custodial History:

Charles Davies Sherborn, DSc: Presented: in 1931.

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Names:

Abrahall, Chandos Hoskyns, poet
Austin, Horatio Thomas, Knight, naval officer, 1800-1865
Barrow, John, Keeper of Admiralty Records, 1808-1898
Beke, Charles Tilstone, traveller and geographer, 1800-1874
Bensted, W. H., of Maidstone
Blackie, Walter Graham, publisher
Blake, Charles Carter, anthropologist
Bollaert, William, FRGS
Bowring, John, Knight, diplomat, politician and writer, 1792-1872
Chaillu, Paul Belloni, traveller, zoologist and anthropologist, c 1831-1903
Collinson, Richard, naval officer, 1811-1883
Conjuit, John, Lieutenant; RN
Cracroft, Sophia, niece of Sir J Franklin
Cull, Richard, Hon Sec The Ethnological Society
Dodgson, George Haydock, painter, 1811-1880
Dodgson, Jane, wife of George Haydock Dodgson, 1819-1908
Duncan, Edward, engraver and painter, 1803-1882
Duncombe, Thomas Slingsby, politician, 1796-1861
Dunton, Walter Theodore, critic and poet, 1832-1914
Findlay, Alexander George, geographer and hydrographer, 1812-1875
Fitzgerald, Percy Hetherington, author and artist, 1834-1925
Franklin, Jane, traveller and promoter of Arctic exploration, 1791-1875
Gatley, Alfred, sculptor, 1816-1863
Harington, Thomas Douglas, Canadian civil servant
Hodgkin, Thomas, physician
Holl, Francis Montague, painter
Huggins, William John, painter
Hunt, James, ethnologist
James, David, Perpetual Curate of Kirkdale, county Lancashire
Kellett, Henry, Captain; RN, ViceAdm. 1868
Kelley, of Add MS 42712
King, Richard, arctic traveller and ethnologist
Knowles, James Sheridan, dramatist; of Add MS 42712
Manby, George William, FRS
Manning, Frederick, of Leamington
May, D., Captain
McClure, Robert John Le Mesurier, Captain; RN
McCormick, Robert, naval surgeon
Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, antiquary
Orpen, John Herbert
Pakington, John Somerset, 1st Baronet, 1st Baron Hampton
Pauli, Reinhold, author
Pentland, Joseph Barclay, of Add MS 42581
Petermann, August Heinrich, geographer
Peto, Samuel Morton, 1st Baronet, of Somerleyton
Quain, Richard, 1st Baronet, physician, 1816-1898
Rafn, Carl Christian, Danish archaeologist
Richardson, John, CB; Arctic explorer
Ross, James Clark, FRS; RearAdm. 1856
Ross, John, Captain; RN
Schomburgk, Robert Hermann, traveller
Scoresby, William, Captain afterwards Rev, FRS
Shaw, Henry Norton, MRCS; Secretary, Royal Geographical Society
Sherborn ¦, Charles Davies, DSc
Shillinglaw, John Joseph, author
Smith, Charles Roach, FSA
Smyth, William Henry, Admiral scientific writer
Snow, William Parker, author
Steuart, James, of Lewisham
Topham, Frank William Warwick, artist
Virgoe, William R.
Washington, John, Rear-Admiral Hydrographer of the Navy
Wheeler, Robert J., Chief Clerk, Royal Geographical Society
Wright, Thomas, FSA