Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, F.R.S. (1792-1871), geologist

Miscellaneous material, chiefly correspondence, formerly held in the Western Manuscripts Department's Autograph Letters Sequence.

1821-1870

73 items

Purchased from: R.V. Westcott, May 1927 (acc.45498); Charavay, Paris, October 1928 / April 1929 (acc.63700); Stevens, London, January 1929 (acc.74959), July 1930 (acc.56545), September 1930 (acc.56360), January 1931 (acc.68115), March 1931 (acc.68133), May 1931 (acc.68158) and July 1931 (acc.68209); Sotheby's, London, February 1930 (acc.52479), December 1931 (acc.75871), February 1932 (acc. 76088) and December 1932 (acc.67553); Desgranges, Paris, October 1930 (acc.63459); Glendining, London, December 1931 (acc.67595), February 1932 (acc.67677), August 1932 (acc.67694), September 1932 (acc.67632 and 67720), August 1934 (acc.67865), December 1934 (acc.67935), March 1935 (acc.68472) and May 1935 (acc.68609 and 68610); either from Desgranges, Paris, January 1936 or Glendining, London, circa 1932 (acc.69292); Mrs. Watson, Burnley, March 1945 (acc.72200), presumably once part of the Thomas Madden Stone autograph collection. Transferred from Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, c.1939 (acc.91800); part of a batch of material transferred from Wellcome Historical Medical Museum offices, provenance not known (acc.69200); provenance details not recorded (acc.67430). Accession details of nos.7, 32, 35-36, 47 not recorded.

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.