Janus: Papers of Sir Harry Parkes

Manuscripts/MS Parkes contains:
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24	Trade papers
25	Diplomatic papers
26	Civil Service: Miscellaneous papers
27	Despatches concerning Parkes' services
28	Notes and memoranda
29	Miscellaneous papers
30	Personal papers
31	Charles George Gordon: Miscellaneous papers
32	Memoranda
33	Miscellaneous papers
34	Printed documents
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Papers of Sir Harry Parkes

Title	Miscellaneous papers
Reference	MS Parkes 29
Covering Dates	1859-circa 1883
Extent and Medium	1 bundle

Content and context

Miscellaneous printed and manuscript documents, mostly concerning commercial and legal matters.

Manuscripts/MS Parkes 29 contains:

Circular from Francis Vyse. 'Notification': a printed circular issued by Francis Vyse, Kanagawa, 23 November 1859, including the text of a despatch from Rutherford Alcock, Yedo, to Vyse, 21 November 1859, and a table of applications made to the Treasury at Kanagawa for itzeboos in exchange for dollars, 2-4 November 1859.
1 bifolio.

1859

Regulations of the Inns of Court. 'Consolidated Regulations of the several Societies of Lincoln's Inn, the Middle Temple, the Inner Temple, and Gray's Inn, (hereinafter described as the four Inns of Court,) as to the Admission of Students, the Mode of Keeping Terms, the Calling of Students to the Bar, the Granting Certificates to Practise under the Bar, and Legal Education' (printed), dated Michaelmas Term, 1869, labelled in Parkes' hand 'From Wilkinson' (Sir Hiram Wilkinson).
1 quarto-folio.

1869

List of legal works. An undated manuscript list of law reports, printed statutes and textbooks on English and international law, showing the prices of volumes, including remarks on the provision of works to consulates. The document is labelled on the back in Parkes' hand 'Law Books Lowder Wilkinson' (John Lowder and Hiram Wilkinson).
1 bifolio.

circa 1872

Codification in India and England. 'Codification in India and England': undated printed proofs of a speech by James Stephen concerning the codification and reform of laws, apparently delivered in 1872. One sheet includes manuscript notes on legal and other texts on the reverse.
12 folios.

circa 1872

Les Jurisconsultes du Souverain Britannique. Edward Cutler, 'Les Jurisconsultes du Souverain Britannique, (Law Officers of the Crown.) Aperçu fait à l'Usage du Gouvernment Russe' (London, undated) (in French), 6 folios, excluding the cover (sewn together).
1 pamphlet.

circa 1872

Regulations of the Inns of Court. 'Consolidated Regulations of the several Societies of Lincoln's Inn, the Middle Temple, the Inner Temple, and Gray's Inn, (hereinafter described as the four Inns of Court,) as to the Admission of Students, the Mode of Keeping Terms, the Education and Examination of Students, the Calling of Students to the Bar, and the Taking Out of Certificates to Practise under the Bar', printed, with manuscript annotations, some in Parkes' hand.
2 bifolios (sewn together).

Dec. 1875

Letter from Richard Rennie. A letter from Yokohama to Parkes.
1 bifolio.

6 Aug. 1879

Letter to Nicholas Hannen. A copy of a draft of a letter from Yedo [from Parkes] to Nicholas Hannen, 20 August 1879, including additions and corrections in Parkes' hand. The document is labelled 'Copd for Archives'.
1 bifolio.

circa 1879

Memoranda on silver ware. 'Memoranda. re Hall-marking and the Duty on Silver Plate with reference to the Importation of Silver Ware', a manuscript by Edward Watherston, undated [1879 or 1880s].
3 folios.

circa 1880

Letter on the balance of trade. 'The Balance of Trade': an undated letter from 'R.H.' to the editor of the 'Economist', printed, but apparently unpublished.
1 folio.

circa 1880

Press cutting from 'The Times'. The cutting includes the article 'The Expulsion of Mr. [Leon] Lewisohn from St. Petersburg' and a letter headed 'The French Treaty of Commerce'.
1 folio.

22 Aug. 1881

Press cutting from 'The Times'. The cutting includes the article 'Military Education-A Contrast'.
1 folio.

14 Sep. 1881

Press cutting from 'The Times'. The cutting includes the article 'Training of Officers for War'.
1 folio.

1 Nov. 1881

Press cutting from 'The Times'. The cutting includes 'Hatch's Early Christian Organisation', a review of Edwin Hatch, 'The Organization of the Early Christian Churches: Eight Lectures delivered before the University of Oxford, in the year 1880 on the Foundation of the late Rev. John Bampton, M.A. Canon of Salisbury' (London, 1881).
1 folio.

5 Nov. 1881

Letter to William Kirkwood. A copy of a letter from Parkes, Yedo, 23 November 1881.
1 bifolio.

1881

A Privileged Communication on Petroleum Legislation in India. William H. Libby, 'A Privileged Communication from Wm. H. Libby of New York City, to His Excellen[c]y the Viceroy and Governor General of India, on the subject of Petroleum Legislation in India' (Calcutta, 1882), addressed to the Viceroy, George Robinson, Marquis of Ripon, 21 December 1882, 4 folios (sewn together), excluding cover.
1 pamphlet.

1882

The Flashing Test for Petroleum. 'The Flashing Test for Petroleum': an undated copy of a paper by Frederick Abel read before the Society of Chemical Industry on 6 November 1882, and published in the 'Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry', vol. I, no. 12 (29 December 1882), pp. 471-477, lacking the preamble, figures, and report of subsequent discussion. The document is in an identical hand to that of Parkes 16/6.
7 bifolios (tied together).

circa 1882

Exports and imports of Sapporo Ken. A sheet including two undated tables, 'Return of Articles Exported from the Sapporo Ken during 1882' and 'Return of Articles imported into the Sapporo Ken during 1882', listing the names of articles, quantities, and values.
1 bifolio.

circa 1883

O.H.M.S. envelope. The O.H.M.S. envelope which formerly contained Parkes 29/1-18, undated, labelled on the reverse 'Miscellaneous'.
1 envelope.