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Richard Mackenzie Bacon: correspondence and papers
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Richard Mackenzie Bacon: correspondence and papers |
| Reference |
GBR/0012/MS Add.6239-6248 |
| Creator |
Bacon, Richard Mackenzie, 1776-1844 |
| Covering Dates |
1752–1844 |
| Extent and Medium |
8 volumes, 1 box-file and 1 bundle |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives |
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| Content and context |
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Richard Mackenzie Bacon (1775-1844), musician, journalist and writer, was born at Norwich, where he attended the free school. In 1793 he established a connection with the Norwich Mercury, of which he later became editor (1816) and principal proprietor. In 1813 Bacon and Bryan Donkin obtained a patent for a new printing machine, which was described in Bacon's publication. As well as the Mercury, Bacon was also proprietor and editor of the Quarterly musical magazine and review, which was first published in London in 1818. He also helped to establish the Norwich Musical Festival. Bacon died at Cossey, near Norwich, on 27 November 1844.
Includes letters from Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield to R. M. Bacon and others
Received with the Sedley Taylor Collection, 1920.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Richard Mackenzie Bacon: correspondence and papers, MS Add.6239-6248 |
| Further information |
Some of the papers were published in R.M. Bacon, ed., Memoir of Edward third Baron Suffield (Norwich, 1838). |
| Index Terms |
| Astronomy |
| Literature |
| Music |
| Parliament |
| Babbage, Charles (1791-1871) mathematician |
| Bacon, Richard Mackenzie (1776-1844) newspaper editor and music critic |
| Harbord, Edward (1781-1835) 3rd Baron Suffield, politician |
| Keppel, George Thomas (1799-1891) 6th Earl of Albemarle, army officer |
| Coke, Thomas William (1754-1842) 1st earl of Leicester of Holkham, politician and agriculturist |
| Ellice, Edward (1783-1863) merchant and politician |
| Airy, Sir George Biddell (1801-1892) Knight, astronomer |
| Bathurst, Henry (? 1744-1837) bishop of Norwich |
| Boileau, Sir John Peter (1794-1869) Knight, antiquary |
| Braham, John (? 1777-1856) singer |
| Dickens, Charles John Huffam (1812-1870) novelist and journalist |
| Lytton, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer - (1803-1873) 1st Baron Lytton, writer and politician |
| Bartholdy, Jacobludwig Felix Mendelssohn - (1809-1847) composer |
| Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1791-1864) composer |
| Opie, Amelia (1769-1853) novelist and poet |
| Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832) 1st Baronet, novelist and poet |
| Turner, Dawson (1775-1858) banker, botanist and antiquary |
| Turton, Thomas (1780-1864) bishop of Ely |
| Manuscripts/MS Add.6239-6248 contains: |
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MS Add.6239
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Letters from Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield to R. M. Bacon and others.
1 volume. |
1818–1824 |
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MS Add.6240
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Letters from Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield to R. M. Bacon and others.
1 volume. |
1825–1835 |
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MS Add.6241
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Correspondence and papers. Includes letters from Edward Harbord, 3rd Baron Suffield; George Keppel, later 6th Earl of Albemarle; W.E.L. Bulwer; and E.L. Bulwer.
1 volume. |
1824–1835 |
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MS Add.6242
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Correspondence and papers. Includes letters from Frances, Lady Stafford; Thomas William Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester; G.E. Anson; Edward Ellice; B. Smith; and W.E.L. Bulwer. |
1823–1841 |
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MS Add.6243
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Correspondence and papers. Includes letters from Richard Clark; Sir James Macdonald; Henry Bathurst, bishop of Norwich; and Thomas William Coke, 1st earl of Leicester.
1 volume. |
1818–1839 |
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MS Add.6244
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Correspondence and papers. Includes letters from Sir Henry Bedingfield; Sir John P. Boileau; John Braham; F. C. Husenbreth; Thomas William Coke, 1st earl of Leicester; and Frances, Lady Stafford.
1 folder. |
1784–1872 |
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MS Add.6245
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Correspondence and papers. Includes letters from and autographs of E. L. Bulwer, T. Latour, Amelia Opie, and Tyrone Power. In English, Italian, French, and German.
1 volume. |
1798–1874 |
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MS Add.6246
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Correspondence and papers. Includes letters from and autographs of Sir G. B. Airy, Charles Babbage, Felix Mendelssohn, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Sir Walter Scott, George Thackeray, and Dawson Turner. In English, French, and Italian.
1 volume. |
1752–1840 |
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MS Add.6247
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Correspondence and papers. Includes letters from and autographs of Sir Egerton Brydges; C. W. Cope; Isaac D'Israeli; Charles Dickens; and Thomas Turton, bishop of Ely. In English, French, Italian, and German.
1 volume. |
1802–1844 |
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MS Add.6248
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Envelopes franked by peers and members of parliament.
1 box. |
1818–1840 |
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