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[Announcement of Captain Richard Burton's knighthood]


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    Captain Richard Burton

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    Kirkpatrick reference: 304 Description: 73-78 pages Periodical title: Anglo-Brazilian Times Issue No.: Oct. 1865 Imprint: Rio de Janeiro Notes: "Reprinted from the Anglo-Brazilian Times"--Kirkpatrick

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    Captain Richard Burton

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    Kirkpatrick reference: 305 Description: [2] pages, [1] leaf of plate: portrait Imprint: London? Notes: Reprinted from an unidentified journal

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    Farewell dinner to Captain Burton

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    Kirkpatrick reference: 311 Description: p. 167-182 Periodical title: Anthropological review Issue No.: Vol. 3, no. 9 (May 1865) Imprint: London Notes: Excerpt from the Anthropological review

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    Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. [Speeches by Captain R.F. Burton, at a meeting of the Anthropological Society, 20-12-64]

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    Kirkpatrick reference: 312 Description: p. xlv-lxxiv Periodical title: Journal of the Anthropological Society Issue No.: Vol. III, no. 8 (February 1865) Imprint: London Notes: Title from ms. inscription on front flyleaf. Excerpt from Journal of the Anthropological Society

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    Sir Richard Francis Burton Pamphlet Collection

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    This collection contains approximately 450 articles, offprints, pamphlets and other works, covering a span of 1812 to 1894, collected by the British explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton and forming part of his library. The items are contained in 432 envelopes and cover 17 different categories of material: General; Periodicals, Congress Reports; Anthropology, Archaeology, Folklore; Biography; Geography, Travel; Linguistics; Literature; Medicine, Psychology; Religion, Philosophy; Science, Pure, Natural, Applied; Sword; Africa; Americas; Asia; Europe; Pacific, Australasia. Some of the works include manuscript annotations by Burton as well as correspondence sent to him and insertions of articles and clippings. This is a subsection of the Sir Richard Francis Burton Library Printed Material Collection in the Rare Books Department. Those items can be searched as a whole under the heading: Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890, former owner or Burton, Isabel, Lady, 1831-1896, former owner.

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    [Note concerning Burton's stay in Brazil]

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    Kirkpatrick reference: 310 Description: p. 461-464 Periodical title: Anthropological review Issue No.: Vol. VI, no. 23 (October 1868) Imprint: London Notes: Title from ms. inscription on front flyleaf. Burton information on pages 462-463. Padded with blank leaves.

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