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Add MS 35302
- Record Id:
- 040-002088778
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002088775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001490.0x000139
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 35302
- Title:
- BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. III. 'An Autobiographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart. (late of the Admiralty)'
- Scope & Content:
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Autograph manuscript of Sir John Barrow's autobiography, published in 1847. Folios 9 and 10 are proofs with autograph corrections.
Inscribed (f. 2): 'An Autobiographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart. (late of the Admiralty) Including Reflections, Observations and Reminiscences of home and abroad from Early life to Advanced age.'
Includes a letter from A. A. Fry, Actuary, National Endowment & Assurance Society, to Sir J. Barrow, 28 October 1839, f. 250.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002088775
040-002088778 - Is part of:
- Add MS 35300-35309 : Manuscripts bequeathed by Colonel John Barrow (1808-98), F.R.S., formerly Keeper of the Records of the Admiralty
Add MS 35302 : BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. III. 'An Autobiographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart. (late of the Admiralty)' - Hierarchy:
- 032-002088775[0003]/040-002088778
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 35300-35309
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (254 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_35302 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1839
- End Date:
- 1847
- Date Range:
- 1839-1847
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: 254 folios
- Publications:
- John Barrow, An Auto-biographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart., Late of the Admiralty (London: John Murray, 1847)
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Barrow, John, 1st Baronet, author; Second Secretary to the Admiralty, 1764-1848
Fry, A. A., actuary, fl 1839 - Places:
- Arctic, Arctic