Pennsylvania
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Latitudes and longitudes of places visited in the voyages of the Thetis, 1794-1797, and the Pallas, 1805, under Captain Lord Cochrane, 1794-02-14 - 1805-12-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/67: 177r-215r
Scope and Contents
A set of calculations of the latitudes and longitudes of places visited on voyages of the two ships, compiled by the astronomer William Garrard. The entries for the voyages form a continuous run; the Pallas voyage entries begin on folio 198r but are differentiated from those of the Thetis only by date. An index of the places mentioned is provided [RGO 14/67: 214v-215r]. These include (in order): North Bergen, the Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, Bermuda, Pennsylvania,...
Dates:
1794-02-14 - 1805-12-05
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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NS I Chap 6-20 & 6-21 Notes, 1848-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 46.2: B38-B41a
Scope and Contents
A list of Introduced and Naturalised US Plants from Dr A Gray's 'Manual of Botany' 1848
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1848-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Darwin Archive
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'Origin of Species': portfolios I
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'Natural Selection' chapters 5 and 6, portfolios on Seeds and Flowers (Cattell Catalogues) and 'Habits of Bees': notes on fertilisation of flowers
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Materials for chapter 6
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Natural Selection Portfolio (DAR 46.2B)
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NS I Chap 6-17 to 6-21 Notes (Asa Gray)
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Introduced Plants
Fonds
The Papers of Sir William Bull
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BULL
Scope and Contents
BULL 1 - 10 is made up of diaries kept faithfully by William (or Paul, as he was known to his family and close friends) Bull from 1878, when he was thirteen years old until some three weeks before his death in January 1931. The earlier diaries were illustrated and all the diaries are interleaved with letters, press cuttings, menus, theatre programmes and photographs relating to the events they describe. Twice yearly, in June and December, Bull compiled a 'Retrospect' of the past six months...
Dates:
1862 - 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre