'Autograph letters of eminent public men'
MS. Eng. c. 7976
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
'Autograph letters of eminent public men'
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. c. 7976
Summary
The collection was probably formed by Edward William Harcourt, Sir William Harcourt or Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt.
Comprises:
letters to William Vernon Harcourt from:
(fols. 1-2) William Hyde Wollaston, May 1821
(fols. 3-4) Adam Sedgwick, Feb. 1829
(fols. 5-8) Sir David Brewster, Sept. 1831, Feb. 1833
(fols. 9-10) Michael Faraday, Sept. 1831
(fols. 11-12) Sir John Herschel, Dec. 1831
(fols. 13-14) William Scoresby, Dec. 1831
(fols. 15-16) William Buckland, Aug. 1832
(fols. 17-18) Charles Babbage, Aug. 1837
(fols. 19-22) Justus von Liebig, June 1843
(fols. 23-4) William Whewell, Feb. 1846
(fols. 25-6) Charles Daubeny, Oct. 1856
(fols. 27-8) Sir Humphry Davy, n.d.
(fols. 29-30) William Daniel Conybeare, n.d.
(fols. 31-2) William Henry, n.d.
(fols. 33-4) Sir Roderick Murchison, n.d.
(fols. 35-7) Alexander von Humboldt, n.d.
(fol. 38) autographed envelope of Sir Robert Peel, n.d.
letter to Matilda Vernon Harcourt from:
(fol. 39) Richard Owen, June 1865
envelope addressed to Sir William Harcourt from (fol. 40) [William Patrick] Adam, n.d.
and
(fol. 41) letter to John Phillips, mentioning William Vernon Harcourt, from John Dalton, Oct. 1835
(fol. 42) note to unidentifed from unidentified, n.d.
Date
1821-56, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
43 Leaves
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Collection contents
Additional papers of the Harcourt family
Autographs and other miscellaneous papers collected by the Harcourt family
'Autograph letters of eminent public men'
