Letters to Parkes and others, 1831-1893
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and related items, consisting chiefly of letters to Parkes. Some of the documents are undated. The regular correspondents are Sir Rutherford Alcock, William Thornton Bate, Sir John Bowring, Max August Scipio von Brandt, Sir Frederick William Adolphus Bruce, Arthur Davenport, (Baron) Edmund Hammond, Patrick Joseph Hughes, John Robertson and John Russell Young. Other correspondents include William George Aston, Byron Brenan, Sir William Montagu Dowell, Robert James Forrest, Sir Robert Hart, William Holland, Sir Edmund Grimani Hornby, Charles Thomas Maude, Sir Daniel Brooke Robertson, Alexander Georg Gustav von Siebold, Sir Hiram Shaw Wilkinson and Charles Alexander Winchester. The letters are to Parkes unless otherwise stated.
Dates
- Creation: 1831-1893
Creator
- From the Fonds: Parkes, Sir Harry Smith, 1828-1885 (Knight, diplomat) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
3 archive box(es) (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Subject
- Alcock, Sir Rutherford, 1809-1897 (Knight and diplomat) (Person)
- Bate, William Thornton, 1820-1857 (naval officer) (Person)
- Brandt, Max August Scipio von, 1835-1920 (Baron von Brandt, German diplomat) (Person)
- Bruce, Sir Frederick William Adolphus, 1814-1867 (Knight, diplomat) (Person)
- Davenport, Arthur, d 1916 (diplomat) (Person)
- Hammond, Edmund, 1802-1890 (Baron Hammond, diplomat) (Person)
- Hughes, Patrick Joseph, d 1903 (diplomat) (Person)
- Young, John Russell, 1841-1899 (United States diplomat) (Person)
- Aston, William George, 1841-1911 (diplomat) (Person)
- Brenan, Byron, 1847-1927 (diplomat) (Person)
- Dowell, Sir William Montagu, 1825-1912 (Knight, naval officer) (Person)
- Forrest, Robert James, c 1836-1902 (diplomat) (Person)
- Hart, Sir Robert, 1835-1911 (1st Baronet, Inspector-General of Customs at Peking) (Person)
- Holland, William, 1851-1924 (diplomat) (Person)
- Hornby, Sir Edmund Grimani, 1825-1896 (Knight, diplomat) (Person)
- Maude, Charles Thomas, d 1892 (diplomat) (Person)
- Robertson, Sir Daniel Brooke, d 1881 (Knight, diplomat) (Person)
- Siebold, Alexander Georg Gustav von, 1846-1911 (Freiherr von Siebold, diplomat and writer) (Person)
- Wilkinson, Sir Hiram Shaw, 1840-1926 (Knight, diplomat and lawyer) (Person)
- Winchester, Charles Alexander, d 1883 (diplomat) (Person)
- Bowring, Sir John, 1792-1872 (Knight, diplomat and politician) (Person)
Repository Details
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