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Vol. L (ff. 312). Jan. 1851- Mar. 1852.

Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1849-1852.

Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Correspondence with Sir H. Ellis: 1849-1852.

includes:

ff. 1, 56-59, 82 Christian Anthony Rassam, Vice-Consul at Mosul: Correspondence with Sir A H. Layard: 1849-1865.
f. 5 Marianne Layard, mother of Sir A H Layard: Letter to, from Dr. H. Sandwith: 1851.
f. 5 Humphry Sandwith, senior, of Hull: Letter to Mrs. Layard: 1851.
ff. 9, 27, 211 Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, 1st Baronet: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1845-1891.
f. 11 George Hector, merchant, of Baghdad, brother of A Hector: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1844-1851.
ff. 13, 177 General Sir William Fenwick Williams, Baronet 1856 GCB 1871: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1845-1878.
ff. 16, 186, 224 John Augustus Longworth, CB, Consul-General in Serbia: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1846-1874.
ff. 20 b, 111, 117-120, 133, 213, 222 John Murray, publisher; d.1892: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1838-1891.
ff. 22, 37, 48, 121, 183, 192, 241 Henry James Ross, banker in Alexandria: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1847-1889.
ff. 25, 33, 63, 243, 264, 295 Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1842-1879.
f. 31 Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Letters to Sir J. C. Melvill: 1850, 1854.: Copies.
f. 31 Sir James Cosmo Melvill, KCB; Secretary, E India Co: Letters to, from Sir H. Ellis: 1850, 1854.
ff. 31 b, 32 Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Correspondence with Sir G. C. Lewis: 1850, 1851.: Copies.
ff. 31 b, 32 Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet: Correspondence with Sir H. Ellis: 1850, 1851.: Copies.
f. 40 James McAdam Hyslop, Assistant-surgeon of the E India Co. at Baghdad: Letter to Sir A. H. Layard: 1851.
ff. 42-253 passim Charles Alison, Secretary of Embassy at Constantinople; Minister in Persia: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: circ 1843-1870.
f. 51 Thomas Septimus Bell, artist on Sir A H Layard's second expedition: Correspondence with Sir A.H. Layard: 1850, 1851.
f. 53 Henry Hunter Calvert, of the Consulate at Erzeroum 1837, and at Cairo 1860: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1851-1861.
ff. 74, 169, 236 Matilda C. Rassam, wife of C A Rassam: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1848-1852.
ff. 104, 126, 201, 207, 228 Reverend Edward Hincks, orientalist: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1848-1862.
f. 106 George C- Warren: Letter, as Acting Sec. of the Archaeological Institute, to S. Birch: 1851.: Partly printed.
f. 106 Samuel Birch, Keeper of Oriental Antiquities, British Museum: Letter to, from G. C. Warren: 1851.
f. 124 Ross, of Malta, father of H J Ross: Letters to, from Sir A. H. Layard: 1851, 1858.
f. 132 Thomas Butler, of the British Museum: Letter to Sir A. H. Layard: 1851.
ff. 144, 195 Major-General Sir Arnold Burrowes Kemball, KCSI: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1849-1880.
f. 148 Alexander Hector, merchant, of Baghdad: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1842-1863.
ff. 150, 203, 268, 297 Eliza Charlotte Canning, 2nd wife of Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: circ. 1842-1878.
f. 162 Thomas Stirling, merchant, of Sheffield: Letter to (?), from Sir A. H. Layard: 1851: Two copies, the second autograph.
f. 164 Nathaniel William Werry, Consul at Aleppo: Letter to Sir A. H. Layard: 1851.
ff. 166,219 Hormuzd Rassam, Assyriologist: Correspondence with Sir A - H. Layard: 1846-1894.
f. 181 William Sandys Wright Vaux, Keeper of Coins and Medals, British Museum: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1850 - aft. 1860.
f. 199 William Linton, landscape painter: Letter to Sir A. H. Layard: circ. 1851.
f. 230 E- Francis, formerly nurse to Sir A H Layard: Letter to Sir A. H. Layard: 1852.
f. 231 Philip Henry Stanhope, Viscount Mahon; 5th Earl Stanhope: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1852-1868.
f. 232 Percy Ellen Algernon Frederick William Sydney Smythe, 8th Viscount Strangford: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1852-1867.
f. 234 William Brockedon, painter: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1846-1851.
ff. 239, 246, 257 Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1846-1881.
ff. 245, 279 General Francis Rawdon Chesney: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1852-1863.
f. 251 Henry Goulburn, PC; MP: Letter to Sir A. H. Layard: circ. 1852.
ff. 258-261 Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1852-1884.
ff. 258-261 Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Correspondence with Lord Granville: 1852-1884.
f. 262 Richard Bentley, publisher: Letters to Mrs. S. Austen: 1850, 1852.
f. 262 Sara Austen, wife of Benjamin Austen: Letters to, from R. Bentley: 1850, 1852.
ff. 277, 281-283, 289-294, 304-307 John Whitwell, of Peterborough: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1852, 1859.
ff. 277-307 passim City of Peterborough: Correspondence on Sir A. H. Layard's proposed candidatures: 1852, 1859.
ff. 284, 288 Charles William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 5th Earl FitzWilliam: Correspondence with Sir A. H. Layard: 1852.
f. 286 Eugene Poujade, French Consul at Tarsus afterwards Consul-General in Roumania and Tunis: Letters to Sir A. H. Lavard: 1842-1864.: Fr., and Engl.
f. 309 Sir Austen Henry Layard, GCB; diplomatist and archaeologist: Accompts at Nineveh: 1846-1852.
f. 309 Accompts: Sir A. H. Layard, at Nineveh: 1846-1852.
ff. 393-100, 135-140 Reginald Stuart Poole, of the British Museum; Keeper of Coins and Medals: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1851.1852.

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Add MS 38931-39164 : THE LAYARD PAPERS. CORRESPONDENCE and papers, private and official, of Sir Austen Henry Layard, P.C., G.C.B., D.C.L.,…
Add MS 38975-38980 : LAYARD PAPERS. Vols. XLV-L. Correspondence of A. H. Layard, as traveller, explorer, attaché at Constantinople, etc.,…

Add MS 38980 : Vol. L (ff. 312). Jan. 1851- Mar. 1852.Sir Henry Ellis, KH; Principal Librarian, British Museum: Correspondence with Sir A. H.…

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1852

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Names:

Alison, Charles, diplomat, 1810-1872
Austen, Sara, wife of Benjamin Austen
Bell, Thomas Septimus, artist on Sir A H Layard's second expedition
Bentley, Richard, publisher; of Add MS 38979
Birch, Samuel, Keeper of Oriental Antiquities at the British Museum, 1813-1885
Brockedon, William, painter
Butler, Thomas, Assistant Secretary of the British Museum, 1810-1907
Calvert, Henry Hunter, of the Consulate at Erzeroum 1837, and at Cairo 1860
Canning, Eliza Charlotte, 2nd wife of Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe
Canning, Stratford, Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, diplomat, 1786-1880
Chesney, Francis Rawdon, army officer and explorer, 1789-1872
Ellis, Henry, Knight, Principal Librarian, British Museum, 1777-1869
FitzWilliam, Charles William, 5th Earl FitzWilliam, politician, 1786-1857
Francis, E-, formerly nurse to Sir A H Layard
Goulburn, Henry, politician, 1784-1856
Gower, Granville George, 2nd Earl Granville, statesman and diplomat, 1815-1891,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000118731600,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/13068670
Hector, Alexander, merchant, of Baghdad
Hector, George, merchant, of Baghdad, brother of A Hector
Hincks, Edward, clergyman and orientalist, 1792-1866
Hyslop, James McAdam, Surgeon, 1822-1897
Kemball, Arnold Burrowes, Knight, army and political officer, 1820-1908
Layard, Austen Henry, GCB, archaeologist and politician, 1817-1894
Layard, Marianne, mother of Sir A H Layard
Lewis, George Cornewall, 2nd Baronet
Linton, William, landscape painter
Longworth, John Augustus, CB, Consul-General in Serbia
Melvill, James Cosmo, KCB, Sec E India Co
Murray, John, publisher, d1892
Poole, Reginald Stuart, of the British Museum, Keeper of Coins and Medals
Poujade, Eugene, French Consul at Tarsus afterwards Consul-General in Roumania and Tunis
Rassam, Christian Anthony, missionary, interpreter and diplomat, 1808-1872
Rassam, Hormuzd, assyriologist, archaeologist and diplomat, 1826-1910
Rassam, Matilda C., wife of Christian Anthony Rassam, d 1867
Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke, 1st Baronet, Assyriologist and diplomatist, 1810-1895
Ross, Henry James, banker in Alexandria
Ross, of Malta, father of H J Ross
Sandwith, Humphry, senior, of Hull
Smythe, Percy Ellen Algernon Frederick William Sydney, 8th Viscount Strangford
Stanhope, Philip Henry, Viscount Mahon, 5th Earl Stanhope
Stirling, Thomas, merchant, of Sheffield
Vaux, William Sandys Wright, Keeper of Coins and Medals British Museum
Warren, George C-
Wellesley, Henry Richard Charles, 1st Earl Cowley
Werry, Nathaniel William, Consul at Aleppo
Whitwell, John, of Peterborough
Williams, William Fenwick, Baronet, army officer, 1800-1883,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000040242101,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/18438222

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Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England
Peterborough, England