Letters to Sir John Bowring from various correspondents

Date:
1810-1871
Reference:
MS.6128/1-29
Part of:
Bowring, Sir John (1792-1872), linguist, writer and traveller
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Description

Correspondents include Edward Bevan, physician and apiarian, John Borthwick Gilchrist, orientalist, and William Benjamin Carpenter.

Letters dated 1810-1841 and 1859-1871.

Details of individual letters are as follows:

1. William Kirkpatrick (1754-1812). 18 July 1810.

2. George Finlay (1799-1875). Göttingen, 27 June 1823.

3. Demetrius Schinas. 7 Cork Street, 24 September 1823. In French.

4. John Bentley, author on Hindu astronomy. 8 December 1823.

5. Nicholas Toms Carrington, Devon poet and author. Devonport, 19 January 1825.

6. Joseph Fry. 15 July 1825.

7. Henry Martineau. Norwich, 4 June 1826.

8. John Martineau. City Road, 28 January 1829.

9. Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas. 23 Tavistock Place, 16 February 1829.

10. George Long (1800-1879). University of London, 24 December 1829.

11. William Daniel Conybeare (1787-1857). Sully, Cardiff, 11 February 1830.

12. David Macbeth Moir (1798-1851), physician. Postmark Musselburgh. 18 April 1830.

13. Edward Hincks (1792-1866). Killyleagh, 19 August 1830.

14. Edward Hincks. Killyleagh, 3 February 1831.

15. Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas. Tavistock Place, 25 June 1831.

16. Thomas Keightley (1789-1872). Ave Maria Lane, 15 November 1831.

17/1-2. John Borthwick Gilchrist (1759-1841). Vevey, 23 February 1833.

18-19. Letters from Edward Bevan (1770-1860), physician and apiarian. Ferry Side, 13 May 1835 and 26 January 1839.

20. David Richard Morier (1784-1877). Berne, 9 December 1835.

21. John Borthwick Gilchrist. Bellevue, 28 August 1837.

22. Henry Cole (1808-1882). 13 Pall Mall East, 22 April 1840.

23. Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche. British Embassy, Constantinople, 17 May 1841.

24/1-2. Albert Richard Smith (1816-1860). North End Lodge, Walham Green, S.W., 12 July 1859. With a printed invitation and advertisement for the Egyptian Hall.

25. Samuel Lucas. 3 April 1860.

26. Alexander Macmillan, publisher. Cambridge, 1 April 1863.

27. John Muir (1810-1882). 33 Sussex Gardens, Hyde Park, 23 May 1865.

28. Sir Henry Cole. Council on Education, Kensington Museum, 9 Nov. 1866.

29. William Benjamin Carpenter (1813-1885). University of London,

Publication/Creation

1810-1871

Physical description

29 pieces

Finding aids

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

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