Blackheath
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Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath, 1868-05-01 - 1868-05-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 84.1: 75-76
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Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath
(Letter)
Dates:
1868-05-01 - 1868-05-31
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Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath, 1868-01-01 - 1868-02-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 84.1: 77-80
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Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath
(Letter)
Dates:
1868-01-01 - 1868-02-26
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Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath, 1868-03-01 - 1868-03-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 82: A107-A108
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Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath
(Letter)
Dates:
1868-03-01 - 1868-03-31
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Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath, 1868-03-01 - 1868-03-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 82: A109-A112
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Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath
(Letter)
Dates:
1868-03-01 - 1868-03-05
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Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath in with envelope, 1875-07-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 181: 85
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Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath in with envelope
(Letter)
Dates:
1875-07-06
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Letter from [John Jenner Weir] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath incomplete, 1868-04-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 181: 74
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Letter from [John Jenner Weir] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath incomplete
(Letter)
Dates:
1868-04-05
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Letter from [John Jenner Weir] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath incomplete, 1868-06-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 181: 78
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Letter from [John Jenner Weir] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath incomplete
(Letter)
Dates:
1868-06-03
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Letter from [John Jenner Weir] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath incomplete, 1869-06-01 - 1869-06-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 181: 80
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Letter from [John Jenner Weir] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath incomplete
(Letter)
Dates:
1869-06-01 - 1869-06-30
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Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath incomplete, 1870-06-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 181: 82
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Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath incomplete
(Letter)
Dates:
1870-06-27
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Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath; incomplete, 1868-10-01 - 1868-10-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 84.1: 139
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Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath incomplete
(Letter)
Dates:
1868-10-01 - 1868-10-16
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Letter from [John Jenner Weir] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath; incomplete, 1869-05-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 84.1: 143
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Letter from [John Jenner Weir] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath incomplete
(Letter)
Dates:
1869-05-26
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Letter from [John Jenner Weir] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath; incomplete, 1868-05-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 84.1: 81-82
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Letter from [John Jenner Weir] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath incomplete
(Letter)
Dates:
1868-05-18
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Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath; part only, rest at See DAR 84.1: 140, DAR 181: 75, 1868-04-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 84.1: 71-72
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See DAR 84.1: 140, DAR 181: 75
Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath Investigated item 140 [blank], determined that this letter is incomplete and continues at 140 & etc.; PER DCP: Letter 6125 / J. J. Weir to Darwin, 16 Apr 1868 / Source of text: CUL DAR 84.1: 71–2, 140, 181: 75
(Letter)
Dates:
1868-04-16
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Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath; part only; rest at See DAR 184.1: 71-72, 140, 1868-04-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 181: 75
Scope and Contents
Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath part
(Letter)
Dates:
1868-04-16
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Letter from [Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath, 1855-02-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.2: 251
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Letter from [Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath
(Letter)
Dates:
1855-02-02
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Letter from Sir Michael Foster to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath, 1871-06-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 164: 163
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Letter from Sir Michael Foster to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath
(Letter)
Dates:
1871-06-25
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Letter from Sir Michael Foster to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath, 1871-06-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 58.1: 141-142
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Letter from Sir Michael Foster to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath
(Letter)
Dates:
1871-06-27
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Letters from observatories, 1848 - 1852
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/143
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Letters from various observatories on filling vacancies, building new observatories at Blackheath and the West Midlands, and improving existing observatories (e.g. by erecting new time balls in Quebec). The correspondents include R. Sheepshanks, J.F.W. Herschel, J.D. Forbes, C.P. Smyth, Sir B. Hawes, M.J. Johnson, W.H. Miller, J. Challis, Sir F. Beaufort and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. There are reports on the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and two reports on Liverpool Observatory...
Dates:
1848 - 1852
Conditions Governing Access:
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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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Miscellaneous newscuttings, 1915 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 74/7/2
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Miscellaneous newscuttings taken mainly from 'The Blackheath Local Guide and District Advertiser' during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, including articles on the Royal Observatory, Blackheath Proprietary School and the Second World War. All of the cuttings are loose in the album. There are also three letters from R.A. Sampson of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, to Melotte, 20 August, 28 August and 14 September 1915, regarding slides provided to him by Melotte.
Dates:
1915 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
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Miscellaneous newscuttings, 1915 - 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 74/7/3
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A scrapbook of newscuttings, 1916-1959, taken mainly from the 'Blackheath Local Guide and District Advertiser', but also including pieces from 'The Times' and other publications. Many of the cuttings concern Blackheath, London, including pieces from the series 'Local Antiquarian Jottings' by F.W. Nunn, taken from the 'Blackheath Local Guide and District Advertiser'. There are also cuttings concerning Greenwich and the Observatory, and various other subjects. Many of the newscuttings are...
Dates:
1915 - 1959
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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Miscellaneous scientific papers, 1853 - 1854
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/468
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Correspondence and printed papers on astrology, chemistry, chronology, electricity, galvanism, geography, geology, optics and tides. The correspondents include, among others, M. Faraday, H. Malden, E.W. Brayley, J. Challis, H.H. Turner, W. White, J.W. Bosanquet, J.R. Hind, W.M. Leake, E. Garbett, A.R. Clark, E. Sabine, C.V. Walker, J.S. Henslow, C.P. Smyth, E. Dunkin, C. Brooke, A.B. Beechy and F. Beaufort. The material includes a paper by M. Faraday 'On Electric Induction'; papers by F....
Dates:
1853 - 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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Moral Sense-114 Letter, 1873-11-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 88: 179a-180
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[John Jenner Weir] to Charles Robert Darwin
Letter; written at Blackheath; incomplete Letter from [John Jenner Weir] to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath incomplete
(Letter)
Dates:
1873-11-13
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NS I Chap 5-75 Letter, 1868-03-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 46.1: 98-101
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John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin
Letter; written at Blackheath Letter from John Jenner Weir to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Blackheath
(Letter)
Dates:
1868-03-31
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Papers on buildings and grounds, 1855 - 1861
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/49
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Notes and letters regarding the archaeology of the buildings and grounds of the Royal Observatory, 1859-1861.Plan and letters regarding a corrugated iron partition in the East Building, 1855.Diagram and letter regarding the porches of the Royal Observatory, 1855.Correspondence concerning Mr Morley's tender for painting the Royal Observatory, 1856.Plans for the building carrying the new South East Dome of the Royal Observatory, 1856.Specifications for...
Dates:
1855 - 1861
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 buildings and grounds, 1867 - 1872
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/51
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Correspondence concerning the erection of a depot for Royal Observatory publications, the Magnetic House screen and the height of the Transit Circle Room, 1868.Letters on the rubbish collecting in the Park and the presence of strangers in the Park at night, 1868-1872. There is also an envelope, dated 6 January 1868, containing newspaper cuttings on Fenianism, including a piece of paper with the words 'Wednesday Night'.Correspondence regarding the opening of the ground to...
Dates:
1867 - 1872
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).