Dawson Turner Papers 1820-1848

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Dawson Turner Papers 1820-1848

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Dawson Turner, banker, botanist, and antiquary, was an avid collector of literary and scientific books and manuscripts as well as an author of many works on antiquities and botany more specifically cryptogamic plants. This small collection of only 12 items contains letters written primarily to Jacob Henry Burn and relates to the purchase of items for Turner's vast personal library.

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Burn, Jacob Henry, -1869

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Epithet: of Add MS 37965 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001030.0x000127 ...

Colton, Wilman Charles

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Blewitt, Octavian 1810-1884

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Octavian Blewitt, English writer and Royal Literary Fund secretary. He contributed to many periodicals and edited the news section of Gardiner's Chronicle for nearly thirty years. From the description of Octavian Blewitt manuscript material : 1 item, 1844 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76944942 From the guide to the Octavian Blewitt manuscript material : 1 item, 1844, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) ...

Turner, Dawson, 1775-1858

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English collector and antiquary. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Yarmouth, to Mr. Kerrich and an unidentified recipient, 1818 Sept. 16 and 1846 Jan. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872383 English physician and botanist. From the description of Papers, 1800-1820. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35527757 English botanist and antiquary. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Yarmouth, 1841 Aug....