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Gravesend

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Letter from B Disnurr to Sir Francis Darwin; written at Gravesend, 1882-06-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 198: 53
Scope and Contents

Letter from B Disnurr to Sir Francis Darwin; written at Gravesend


(Letter)

Dates: 1882-06-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Letter from Theodore Frank Cresy to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Gravesend, 1871-04-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 161: 252
Scope and Contents

Letter from Theodore Frank Cresy to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Gravesend


(Letter)

Dates: 1871-04-19
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
 Series

Letter from William Gooch to his parents, 23 July 1791

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Mm.06.48: 51-54
Scope and Contents

Dated from Deal on route to Portsmouth, describing the Daedalus ship, the passage from Gravesend, and his friendship with Lieutenant Hergest, with mention of Hergest's entertaining accounts of places visited with Captain Cook. Gooch also discusses his attachment to Miss Smithson.

Dates: 23 July 1791
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: 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).