Richardson, John, Sir, F.R.S. (1787-1865), physician, Arctic explorer and companion of Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)
- Date:
- 1830-1855
- Reference:
- MS.7471/28-38
- Part of:
- Miscellany: English, 19th-20th centuries
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
7 autograph letters, signed (nos.28-34), 1830-1855 and n.d., including 1 mentioning the expedition of Otto von Kotzebue (1787-1846) (no.28), 1 to the botanical collector Thomas Drummond (d.1835) (no.29) and 1 mentioning specimens of the Great Auk (no.31); 3 specimens of Richardson's handwriting (nos.35-37), 1852-1859 and n.d., namely a signature detached from an autograph letter (no.35), an autograph poem ("Tell me on what holy ground/ May domestic peace be found?...") (no.36) and 1 page from a manuscript biography of an unidentified figure, bearing an endorsement as by Richardson (no.37); 1 manuscript letter by an unidentified figure to a correspondent in Philadelphia, criticising Richardson's work on natural history, n.d. (no.38).
Publication/Creation
1830-1855
Physical description
11 items
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.