Letters and papers 1745-1814 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 1261791
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- 1745-1814
- 52 leaves.
- Summary:
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Fourteen letters (1775-1814) mainly to Sir Joseph Banks, from the following correspondents: Count von Rumford, Dr. William Anderson, John Hawkesworth, W. Phipps, Dr. James Lind, George Forster, Capt. James King, J. R. Forster, Dr. Daniel Solander, Capt. Charles Clerke, Earl of Sandwich, Dr. Andrew Kippis and William Wales. Also documents, 1745 and 1759, appointing John Byron as lieutenant on H.M.S. St. George and captain on H.M.S. Fame.
- Biography/History:
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Scientist and explorer. President of the Royal Society.
- Notes:
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- Photocopies.
- Manuscript reference: NLA MS 989.
- Originals held by Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Originally part of the collection of Mr. Kenneth Webster.
- Cited In:
- Guide to collections of manuscript relating to Australia ; A413 (Rev 1)
- Subject:
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- Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820 -- Correspondence
- Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814 -- Correspondence
- Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773 -- Correspondence
- Lind, James, 1716-1794 -- Correspondence
- Forster, Georg, 1754-1794 -- Correspondence
- King, James, 1750-1784 -- Correspondence
- Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729-1798 -- Correspondence
- Solander, Daniel Charles, 1733-1782 -- Correspondence
- Clerke, Charles, 1741-1779 -- Correspondence
- Kippis, Andrew, 1725-1795 -- Correspondence
- Wales, William, 1734?-1798 -- Correspondence
- Botanists -- England -- Correspondence
- Time Coverage:
- 1745-1814
- Occupation:
- Botanists
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
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