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Bell, Hesketh, Sir, 1864-1952. 1 letter to Sir Richard Francis Burton, 1821-1890, A.L.S. (4 p.), (1890, Aug. 2), Accra (Ghana, Africa)

Description
Collection of Burtoniana -- correspondence, manuscripts, research papers, and ephemera -- assembled by Edwards H. Metcalf over more than thirty years. The collection contains personal, official, business, and social correspondence and manuscripts of Sir Richard Francis Burton and Lady Isabel Burton, chiefly covering the period of Burton's consulship in Trieste and Lady Burton's life after her husband's death.
Type
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Production date
1846-2003.
Call number
RFB 176
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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