Manuscripts

Burgess, H----. 1 letter to Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1876, June 4), Hydrabad Sindh (India). Kirkpatrick Catalogue: 107, Box 2

Description: Followed by: A.L.S. to Burton from Francis Granville Beville, 1867-1923, June 4, 1876 (2 p.).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1842-1947.
Call number: RBL 57
Creator: Burton, Richard Francis (1821-1890)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired from The Christensen Fund, Nov. 1997. At the time of Isabel Burton's death in 1896, the main part of Richard Burton's surviving manuscripts and library were deposited at the Central Library, Kensington; in 1955, the Royal Borough of Kensington gave the library to the Royal Anthropological Institute for safe-keeping. In 1986, The Christensen Fund acquired the entire library from the R.A.I., and deposited it at the Huntington Library, until November 1997, when The Christensen Fund formally gave the manuscripts and 2,500-volume library to the Huntington Library.
Associated people: Cameron, Verney Lovett, (1844-1894.); Charnock, Richard Stephen, (1820-1904 or 1905.); Colnaghi, Dominic E. (1834-1908.); Fergusson, Alexander, (1830-1892.); Greville, Violet, (1842-1932.); Latham, John, (-1880.); Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane-Fox, (1827-1900.); Quaritch, Bernard, (1819-1899.); Tinsley, William, (1831-1902.); Wilson, H. Schütz (1824-1902.); Yule, Henry, (1820-1889.); Zotenberg, Hermann, (1836-1894.)
Associated organization: Chatto & Windus (Firm)
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Burgess, H----. 1 letter to Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1876, June 4), Hydrabad Sindh (India). Kirkpatrick Catalogue: 107, Box 2

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