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Add MS 25663
- Record Id:
- 040-002030000
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002029948
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001516.0x0003a8
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- ISAD(G)
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- Add MS 25663
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PAPERS and letters on miscellaneous subjects connected with Egypt, by J. Burton, preceded by a table of contents, as follows:-
1. Papers relating to the cholera in Egypt in Aug.-Sept. 1831, with original letters, at ff. 34, 36, of [François?] Dessap; Cairo, 18 Mar., 18 Oct. 1831. Fr.. ff. 1-41.
2. Papers relating to antiquities and natural history, by Signor. Acerbi, Major Felix, and others Ital. and Eng. ff. 42-107.
3. "Memoranda and correspondence in Febr. 1825, relative to the outrage and robbery of my [J. Burton] attendants at Robac, a village on the Nile near Dashoor," including original letters of Charles Sloane, 4, 25 Feb. 1825, and C. Humphrey, Cairo, 24 Feb. 1825, ff. 108-138.
4. Copies of correspondence of Jeremy Bentham with Mohammed Ali, Pacha of Egypt, in April, 1828. Fr., and Eng. ff. 139-148.
5. "The Regulations of the English Reading Society," with list of books in Alexandria, 1828, f. 149. Paper; xixth cent. Folio.
includes:
- ff. 1-41 Cholera: Papers relating to Cholera in Egypt: 1831. Folios 3-17 being copies of pamphlets written by Dr Antoine-Barthelemy Clot Bey.
- ff. 34, 36 François Dussap: Letters to J. Burton: 1831.
- f. 42 Giuseppe Acerbi: Paper relating to Egypt: 19th cent.
- ff. 42-107 Sir John Gardner Wilkinson: Papers relating to Egypt: 19th cent.
- ff. 42-107 Sir Robert Ker Porter, painter and traveller: Papers relating to Egypt: 19th cent.
- ff. 42-107 Edward Hogg, Dr: Papers relating to Egypt: 19th cent.
- ff. 42-107 Sir William Gell: Papers relating to Egypt: 19th cent.
- ff. 42-107 Jean François Champollion, junior: Papers relating to Egypt: 19th cent.
- ff. 42-107 Joseph Bonomi: Papers relating to Egypt: 19th cent.
- f. 58 Orlando Felix, Major: Drawings and notes relating to Egypt: 19th cent.
- ff. 115, 117, 128 Charles Sloane, Chancellor to the Consulate at Cairo: Letters to J. Burton: 1825.
- f. 125 Charles Humphrey: Letter to J. Burton: 1825.
- f.f.. 139-148 Mohammed Ali, Pacha of Egypt: Correspondence with J. Bentham: 1828.: Fr. and Engl.: Copies.
- ff. 139-148 Jeremy Bentham: Correspondence with the Pacha of Egypt: 1828.: Fr. and Eng.
- f. 149 Alexandria, Egypt: Regulations and books of the English Reading Society at: 1828.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002029948
040-002030000 - Is part of:
- Add MS 25613-25675 : The "Collectanea Ægyptiaca" of James Burton, formed between 1820 and 1839, and were presented by Decimus Burton.…
Add MS 25663 : PAPERS and letters on miscellaneous subjects connected with Egypt, by J. Burton, preceded by a table of contents, as follows:- 1.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002029948[0050]/040-002030000
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 25613-25675
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Acerbi, Giuseppe
Bentham, Jeremy, philosopher, jurist and reformer, 1748-1832
Bonomi, Joseph, of Add MS 25629
Champollion, Jean François, junior
Clot, Antoine-Barthelemy, Bey, Dr, 7 Nov 1793-28 Aug 1868,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/81980325
Dussap, François, correspondent of James Burton, fl 1831
Felix, Orlando, army officer and Egyptologist, 1790-1860
Gell, William, Knight, archaeologist and traveller, 1777-1836
Hogg, Edward, Dr
Humphrey, Charles
Mohammed Ali, Pacha of Egypt
Porter, Robert Ker, Knight, painter, writer, and diplomat; pseudonym Reynold Steinkirk, 1777-1842
Sloane, Charles, Chancellor to the Consulate at Cairo
Wilkinson, John Gardner, of Add MS 25658 - Places:
- Alexandria, Egypt