Search

Search Constraints

New finding aids search You searched for: Year range 1750 to 1774 xmark Remove constraint Year range: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1750">1750</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1774">1774</span>

Search Results

Records of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (as filmed by the AJCP), 1793-1928

348 items
Abstract Or Scope
Kew Collectors Series: correspondence and lists 1800-59; specimens collected by John Amstrong, George Barclay, George Caley, Allan Cunningham, William Grant Milne and Berthold C. Seemann, Correspondents include Sir Joseph Banks, William T. Aiton and James Bowie.
Top 3 results view all 8

Papers of Pennington of Muncaster (as filmed by the AJCP), 1869-1925

249 items
Abstract Or Scope
Correspondence, telegrams, reports, contracts, financial papers, notices and minutes of meetings, returns, newspaper cuttings, maps and publications relating to sugar and rubber plantations in the Straits Settlements and Malaya. They document: the activities of the Penang Sugar Estates Co; Penang Rubber Estates Co; Straits Sugar Co; Straits Rubber Co; Rubana Rubber Estates Co; Bagan Serai Co; Batak Rabit Estate Ltd; Selaba Rubber Estates Ltd; Tali Ayer Rubber Estates Ltd; and Sabrang Rubber Estates Ltd. The bulk of the records is dated 1875-1925.
3 results

Papers of Edward Jacomb (as filmed by the AJCP), 01 November 1755-1958

13 items
Abstract Or Scope
Autobiography and miscellaneous papers relate to Jacomb's early life in England and his years in Australia and the New Hebrides. The main correspondent is R.J. Fletcher of Makatea.
Top 3 results view all 4

Clifford collection of manuscripts relating to Roman Catholicism, ca. 1250-1915

3.6 metres (72 volumes + 1 archives box)
Abstract Or Scope
The Clifford collection of manuscripts comprises 75 English and European manuscripts, including nine medieval volumes and one of three extant 14th century Chertsey Abbey cartularies, books owned by Cardinal Weld and writings about the Catholic religion. There is also a file of correspondence of Charles Clifford, 6th Baron Clifford, dating from 1812-1825.
1 result

Records of the Board of Longitude (as filmed by the AJCP), 1714-1838

57 items
Abstract Or Scope
Papers about the discovery of methods of measuring longitude at sea, notably the work of John Harrison. They also include papers relating to other issues of navigation. There are records, notably logs of scientific observations, relating to some major voyages of discovery, including ones led by Captain James Cook, Captain Matthew Flinders and Captain George Vancover, as well as to the search for the North West Passage.
Top 3 results view all 16

Records and Collections of the Royal Society (as filmed by the AJCP), August 1642-1970

395 items
Abstract Or Scope
Records 1699-1937 of the Royal Society comprising council and committee minutes, correspondence, letter-books, manuscripts, referee reports and other archives.
Top 3 results view all 41

Papers of Sir Richard Owen (as filmed by the AJCP), 1796-1889

84 items
Abstract Or Scope
Correspondence 1836-1883. Subjects include: discovery of fossils in Australia; observations of Tasmanian Aborigines; self-government in New South Wales; research on Australian and New Zealand fauna including platypus and moa; dispatch of Australian specimens and skulls of Maoris and Aborigines. Correspondents include W. Clift, G. Bennett, Sir Walter Buller, R. Etheridge, W.B. Clarke, Sir Julius von Haast, J.L.G. Krefft, Sir Ferdinand von Mueller, E.P. Ramsay, T.H.C. Hood and H. Woodward.
3 results

Collections held by the Scottish Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 30 October 1760-April 1925

285 items
Abstract Or Scope
Collection includes selected items from:

Records of the Admiralty (as filmed by the AJCP), 1673-1957

3744 items
Abstract Or Scope
The records of the Admiralty and Secretariat filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project cover the records of the Admiralty Office up to 1832 and of the Secretary's Department of the reorganised Board of Admiralty after that date.
Top 3 results view all 222

Collections held by the British Library (as filmed by the AJCP), 1563-1888

220 items
Abstract Or Scope
Journal 1683-86 of W.A. Cawley on a voyage to East Indies and China.
Top 3 results view all 25