Letters from James and Henrietta Wilson to Walter
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- 1826-1871
Arrangements to meet and reference to James' ill health
Letters from James and Henrietta Wilson to Walter
Arrangements to meet and reference to James' ill health
Letter from Baron Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Cuvier (1769-1832), naturalist and zoologist
Letter written at the Administration du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, au Jardin du Roi, Paris to M. de Blainville. Acknowles reciept of Blainville's work 'Manuel de malacologie et de concyologie' which as been placed in the Museum library. The letter is signed by Cuvier and L. Cordier as administrative professors of the Museum, and by Bon as secretary.
Letter from Sir William Blizard, 1743-1835), surgeon
Letter written at Devonshire Square to Mrs Woolmore. Written in the third person agreeing to support a candidate for appointment at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Correspondence regarding the Colebrooke affair
Copies of official correspondence.
Includes an account of Sir Edward Colebrooke's remittances to Calcutta and a copy of the resolution signed by George Swinton, General Secretary to the British Government. The last page is badly damaged and missing some content.
Includes correspondence with W Ewer and J MacSween.
Letters from Sir Henry Ellis to Walter
Regarding British Museum matters, including acknowledgements for donations and reference to antiquarian matters including the location of James Bruce's journals.
Letters from John Allen Giles to Walter
Inviting Walter to a dinner commemorating Alfred the Great, with a draft response, cuttings regarding his publications and a request to transfer to the parish of Nettlecombe and reference to the establishment of Alexandra College. Includes printed leaflets.
Features 'Sonnet on the Closing Year'
Press cuttings on a range of subjects including education, phrenology, election results, science, religion, temperance, Ceylon, Italy and history. Also includes a pamphlet entitled 'catechism of health' and a leaflet promoting lectures by Mr Mainzer on n
Correspondence regarding Sir Edward Colebrooke
Includes letters from Lord Bentinck about Colebrooke's career and Trevelyan's accusation of corruption. Also includes letters about the career of Lt. Henry Trevelyan.
Also includes correspondence with W H Macnaughten and G Swinton
Letters from Sir Thomas Phillips to Walter
Regarding antiquarian matters and publications, with reference to the Antiquarian Society, Icelandic manuscripts and an Icelandic library. Also includes a printed prospectus of the formation of a topographical society and prospectuses for publications