Manuscripts

Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. 3 letters to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, 1861-1907, (1885-1889), London (Eng.) and Trieste (Austria)

Description: Note: bound volume, with typewritten transcriptions. With envelopes, calling card with A.N., and a misc. envelope. Removed to Oversize Box 46.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1846-2003.
Call number: RFB 321
Creator: Burton, Richard Francis (1821-1890)(Opens in new tab)
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.
Associated people: Cameron, Verney Lovett. (1524?-1580.); Camões, Luís de, (1867-1921,); Cole, George R. Fitz-Roy. (1830-1895.); Carrington, Charles, (1820-1888,); Ismail, (1844-1912.); Hunfalvy, János, (1842-1916.); Kirby, W. F. (1861-1907.); Marié, Georges. (1837-1909.); Murchison, J. H. (1865-1921.); Notcutt, Oliver. (1820-1889.); Metcalf, Edwards H. (1474-1533.); Pincherle, James. (1818-1864.); Payne, John, (1565-1635.); Smithers, Leonard C.; Tinsley, John.; Tootal, Albert.; Swinburne, Algernon Charles,; Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander,; Walker, R. B. N.; Yule, Henry,; Apuleius.; Ariosto, Lodovico,; Magyar, László,; Tassoni, Alessandro,
Associated organizations: African Gold Coast Syndicate.; C. Kegan Paul & Co. Publishers.; Guinea Coast Gold Mining Company.; John F. Henry & Co.
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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. 3 letters to Leonard C. (Leonard Charles) Smithers, 1861-1907, (1885-1889), London (Eng.) and Trieste (Austria)
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Note: bound volume, with typewritten transcriptions. With envelopes, calling card with A.N., and a misc. envelope.
RFB 321
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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. 17 letters to Albert Tootal, (1866-1875), Santos & São Paulo, Brazil, London (Eng.) and Trieste (Austria)
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Note: bound volume, with envelopes. Also enclosed: photograph, signed in Arabic. With typewritten transcriptions.
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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. 2 letters and 1 postcard to James Irvine, (1883-1889), Trieste (Austria)
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Note: RFB 289 written on the verso of a letter from Henry Kendrick to Richard Burton, May 3, 1883. RFB 291 removed to Oversize Box 46
RFB 289-291
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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. 57 letters and 1 postcard to W. F. (William Forsell) Kirby, 1844-1912, (1885-1890), London (Eng.) and Trieste (Austria)
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Note: bound volume, with envelopes; two letters (9a & 53a) laid into volume. Letters bound together with essay (15 p.) and notes by Norman M. Penzer. Also enclosed: four Isabel Burton letters to W. F. Kirby, (1887-1891), one W. F. Kirby letter to Richard Burton (1887, Dec. 18), one W. F. Kirby letter to Oliver Notcutt, (1888, Jan. 5). Cataloger's note: a bound volume of typewritten transcriptions cataloged separately in Ephemera; pencilled page numbers supplied by an earlier cataloger.
RFB 306
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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. 1 letter to Frederick Beauchamp Seymour, Baron Alcester, 1821-1895, A.L.S. (2 p.), (1880, Sep. 6), Trieste (Austria)
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Note: written by a secretary but signed by Burton. Removed to Oversize Box 46.
RFB 267
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Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890. 13 letters to Ismail, Khedive of Egypt, 1830-1895, (1877-1879), Trieste (Austria), Cairo (Egypt) and London (Eng.)
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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
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