Adams, Sir Francis Ottiwell, 1825-1889 (Knight and diplomat)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1825 - 1889
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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Memorandum on Yedo expenses, 27 Jan. 1870
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 26/5
Scope and Contents
A manuscript memorandum, probably by Francis Adams, concerning continuing expenses incurred by the author and Algernon Mitford in Yedo, and referring to the pay and expenses of student interpreters and merchants' clerks, dated Yedo, and labelled on the back in Parkes' hand 'Adams Report. Cost of Living'.
Dates:
27 Jan. 1870
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
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Notes on Golovnin and Reed, circa 1880
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 33/38
Scope and Contents
'Reed's Miss Bird's} Japan': undated notes in Parkes' hand taken from Vasily Mikhailovich Golovnin, 'Memoirs of a Captivity in Japan, During the Years 1811, 1812, and 1813, with Observations on the Country and the People' (the 2nd edition of Golovnin's 'Narrative of my Captivity in Japan', 1818) (3 vols; London, 1824), vol. 2, p. 136, and from Sir Edward Reed, 'Japan: Its History, Traditions, and Religions. With the Narrative of a Visit in 1879' (2 vols; London, 1880), vol. 1, pp. 273 and...
Dates:
circa 1880
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
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Private letters: Tokyo, 1872
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/B4/4
Scope and Contents
Letters from Tokyo (Yedo). The correspondents include Francis Ottiwell Adams; A.R. Brown; Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan; the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs; Terashima Numenori; Russell Brooke Robertson; and Soyedjima Taneomi.
Dates:
1872
Conditions Governing Access:
The original letters are not available to readers, but microfilm copies may be ordered in the Manuscripts Reading Room - Reel 464.