Manuscripts
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. 13 letters to Ismail, Khedive of Egypt, 1830-1895, (1877-1879), Trieste (Austria), Cairo (Egypt) and London (Eng.)
- Description
Note: some letters in French, some are draft letters written by a secretary or Isabel Burton, with autograph notes by Richard Burton. RFB 293 originally enclosed in: [Midian Expeditions…], [1877-1878]; now cataloged separately in Manuscripts. RFB 300 and 301 removed to Oversize Box 46
- Production date
- 1846-2003.
- Call number
- RFB 293-305
- Provenance
- Gift of Edwards H. Metcalf, October 1992. The bulk of the collection was acquired by Mr. Metcalf at two Sotheby's sales, in 1963 and 1965, featured the property of R.J.R. Arundell who had inherited them from Lady Burton. Smaller groups and individual items came from various booksellers in Britain and the United States, including Spink & Son, Ltd, Maggs Brothers, David Bickersteth, Howard S. Mott, III, John Shroeder, Argus Bookshop, David Magee Bookshop, Bennett & Marshall, Bertram Rota, and others. The collection of papers of A.R. Allinson was purchased from Robert W. Mann in 1979.
