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Cust, Robert Needham, 1821 - 1909 (orientalist)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Essays of Robert Cust

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 13
Scope and Contents A collection of essays titled 'Secular subjects: Prose. Eton College 1836. Haileybury College 1841-2, furlough from India 1857. Robert Needham Cust'. The volume includes an essay on the progress and results of maritime discovery, particularly in the West, 67 pages, with manuscript notes by Cust made in 1886; notes on law lectures, 1841-1842, East India College, c. 100 pages; and 'Prose studies on secular subjects prepared during my furlough 1856-1857', c. 130 pages, with material on...
Dates: 1836 - 1886
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter books of Robert Cust

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 70
Scope and Contents

Letters from Robert Cust, chiefly in India, to correspondents in England. Most of the letters cover many pages.

Dates: 1828 - 1866
Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).