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Add MS 35305
- Record Id:
- 040-002088781
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002088775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001490.0x00013c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 35305
- Title:
- BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. VI. Manuscript of ‘The Queen's Illuminated Magazine and North Cornwall Gazette’
- Scope & Content:
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‘The Queen's Illuminated Magazine and North Cornwall Gazette. Published in Winter quarters, Arctic Regions’, 28 October 1852-12 February 1853.
The original manuscript, mainly in the handwriting of Lieutenant [afterwards Rear-Admiral] Sherard Osborn, in command of H.M.S. Pioneer in the Franklin search expedition under Sir Edward Belcher. With numerous watercolour and pen-and-ink illustrations, and with ‘Advertisement’ and two playbills (ff. 3, 19, 31) printed on board H.M.S. Assistance.
At the beginning (f. 2) is a note by Osborn: ‘This paper must not be published or circulated publicly without the full consent of the contributors,’ and below this an inscription by Colonel John Barrow: ‘This book, being the original-and not hitherto printed, or published-was presented to me by my kind and most valued friend, Captain Sherard Osborn, C.B., whose heroic conduct, in all that appertains to the search for Sir John Franklin and his brave companions, is a matter of history.’
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002088775
040-002088781 - 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 35305 : BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. VI. Manuscript of ‘The Queen's Illuminated Magazine and North Cornwall Gazette’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-002088775[0006]/040-002088781
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 35300-35309
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (68 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_35305 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1852
- End Date:
- 1853
- Date Range:
- 28 Oct 1852-12 Feb 1853
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Quarto.
Foliation: 68 folios.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)