Dublin
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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Letter from Henrietta Emma Litchfield née Darwin to Maud Darwin née DuPuy; written at Dublin, 1895-10-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 245: 369
Scope and Contents
Letter from Henrietta Emma Litchfield née Darwin to Maud Darwin née DuPuy; written at Dublin
(Letter)
Dates:
1895-10-13
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Letter from Henry Wilson (1832-1877) to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Dublin, 1876-11-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 181: 128
Scope and Contents
Letter from Henry Wilson (1832-1877) to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Dublin
(Letter)
Dates:
1876-11-28
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Letter from James Hughes to John Wilson Croker, 1813-07-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/39: 280-280a
Scope and Contents
Enquiring about a chart of longitude he had submitted.
Dates:
1813-07-27
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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 from John Joseph O'Toole to Sir George Howard Darwin; written at Dublin, 1899-06-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 251: 4666
Scope and Contents
Letter from John Joseph O'Toole to Sir George Howard Darwin; written at Dublin
(Letter)
Dates:
1899-06-28
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Letter from [Mr Stendaff?] attesting to the good character of Patrick Leahy, 1822-06-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 214
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Three letters and a proposal.
Dates:
1822-06-19
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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 from Patrick Leahy to Dr Thomas Young, 1822-11-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/44: 215
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Three letters and a proposal.
Dates:
1822-11-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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 from Royal Irish Academy to Charles Robert Darwin conferring award of honorary membership, 10 Apr. 1866
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 230: 16
Scope and Contents
From the Class:
This class comprises correspondence relating to the presentation of various diplomas and awards to Charles Darwin. The physical certificates are listed under DAR 229.
Dates:
10 Apr. 1866
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Letter from S A Wolfe to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Dublin, 1875-03-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 181: 135
Scope and Contents
Letter from S A Wolfe to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Dublin
(Letter)
Dates:
1875-03-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Letter from [Thomas Elrington] to John Wilson Croker, 1819-06-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/55: 59-59a
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-file :
With an index of names.
Dates:
1819-06-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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 from Thomas Ruxton to Captain Thomas Hurd, 1817-07-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/31: 196-198
Scope and Contents
In which Ruxton describes two instruments he had designed (but not yet made): an instrument for measuring the force and direction of any current, and a new chronometer. Ruxton mentions that his name was not unknown as he had previously patented 'the Inviolable Perfect Lock'. The letter also contains a copy of Thomas Hurd's reply, stating that the Board could give no opinion on the merit of his invention without practical trials.
Dates:
1817-07-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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 from Valentine Ball to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Dublin, 1880-04-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 160: 37
Scope and Contents
Letter from Valentine Ball to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Dublin
(Letter)
Dates:
1880-04-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Letter from William Henry Harvey to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Dublin, 1864-11-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 157.2: 112
Scope and Contents
Letter from William Henry Harvey to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Dublin
(Letter)
Dates:
1864-11-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Letter from William Henry Harvey to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Dublin, 1864-11-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 157.2: 113
Scope and Contents
Letter from William Henry Harvey to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Dublin
(Letter)
Dates:
1864-11-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Letter from William Henry Harvey to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Dublin, 1864-11-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 166: 117
Scope and Contents
Letter from William Henry Harvey to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Dublin
(Letter)
Dates:
1864-11-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Letter requesting the return of a chronometer and a statement of its performance rates, 1825-07-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 23
Scope and Contents
Sent from James Scott to Thomas Taylor.
Dates:
1825-07-18
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Memorial of Rev. William Patsull concerning a sand hour glass, 1786
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/45: 267
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Two memorials.
Dates:
1786
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Papers on determining galvanic longitudes, 1852 - 1854
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/633
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers concerning the use galvanic signals to determine longitude. The papers describe the attempts to establish the longitude of the Edinburgh, Oxford and Cambridge Observatories by observing set stars and taking the difference between the local time and the Greenwich Time received by telegraphic signal. Other centres included in the project, but not necessarily tested, were Liverpool, Dublin, Vienna, Bristol and Lowestoft. The papers include correspondence with C.P....
Dates:
1852 - 1854
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Papers on determining galvanic longitudes, 1870 - 1877
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/639
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers concerning proposals and operations to determine the longitude of Brest, Vienna, Berlin, Dublin (postponed), Suez and various places in India and Australia. There are Greenwich chronograph readings and signals exchanged for the Brest longitude; estimates for the erection of a wooden observatory building at the Royal Observatory; and explanations on how the fundamental longitude in India and Australia should be obtained. The correspondents include C.E. Delaunay,...
Dates:
1870 - 1877
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Papers on magnetism, 1836 - 1848
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/693
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers on magnetic disturbances, experiments and findings on magnetism, magnetic deviations and observations of magnetic phenomena. There are German circulars on magnetism by K.F. Gauss and W.E. Weber; tracings and description of the proposed magnetic observatory at Dublin; a magnetic chart of Scotland, 1836; observations of shifts in the magnetic and dipping needle; notices of magnetic disturbances; readings from the horizontal circle of the magnetic theodolite, the...
Dates:
1836 - 1848
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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).
Sub-Series
Papers on the tides, 1839 - 1844
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/499
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and observations of tides, including records of daily levels of tides; tide graphs; heights of high water marks; meteorological records; and notes taken daily at various coastal stations, including Deptford, Bristol, Southampton, Ipswich, Limerick and Dublin, tabulated and reduced, and often plotted on line graphs. There is also a coloured plan of a tide meter; C. Hopkin's hints and suggestions for a new theory of tides; J. Maxton's description of a self-registering...
Dates:
1839 - 1844
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Philosophers' quarrel 'Irish Independent', 1912-02-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 139.11: 11
Scope and Contents
Printed; by Anon; written at Dublin cutting from Durrant's Press Cuttings, Holborn, London E C
(Printed)
Dates:
1912-02-19
Conditions Governing Access:
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Other level
Printed circular, appeal for funds; copy of Simeon's letter to Mr Irwin, Dublin, Mar. 1836 (Date of letter: 20 Aug. 1836)
Other level
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8293/C/3/8/1
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The Revd Charles Simeon (1759-1836), Fellow of King's College and Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge, began to purchase advowsons in 1817 in order to secure an Evangelical ministry in perpetuity in important centres. Friends contributed money for the purpose and some were associated with Simeon as Trustees of the livings. In 1829 Simeon drew up a 'Solemn Charge' to his Trustees, setting out the principles on which they were to make appointments, which was printed in 1833. In January...
Dates:
Mar. 1836 (Date of letter: 20 Aug. 1836)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Access to the deposited records is unrestricted, and use may be made of them in publications without reference to the Trustees. Formal permission should, however, be sought for any full-length publication of material derived from them.
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Proposals for railways, 1840 - 1848
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/448
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers regarding proposals for railways, including a paper on the proposed Great Northern Junction Railway, with a map by J. Blackmore; an article in 'The Sun' on rail links with Dublin; papers on the Eastern Union Railway, with a map of rules in Eastern England; J. Rennie's report on the London and Norwich Direct Railway; the prospectus of the Direct Northern Railway Company; a survey of Steddale Tunnel by T. Colby; a report by F. Smith on atmospheric railways (1842); a...
Dates:
1840 - 1848
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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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Review of 'Worms' 'Hibernia' 1: 11-12, 1882-01-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 226.1: 64
Scope and Contents
Printed; by Anon; written at Dublin?
(Printed)
Dates:
1882-01-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Part:
High Risk material. Access restricted due to fragility.
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Samuel Abbot Jr. on perpetual motion, 1823 - 1824
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/54: 4-10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The first part of collection is comprised of papers concerning the internal affairs of the Board of Longitude, including the granting of awards, accounts, minutes, committee papers, petitions and memorials, the loan of instruments, publications and the payment of staff. These are followed by a wide range of papers relating to the Board's work, concerning clocks, chronometers and other instruments; longitude and latitude; magnetic variation; schemes and inventions; tables; pendulum...
Dates:
1823 - 1824
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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).