| Title |
Correspondence, mostly to Eliza Adams after J.C. Adams's death |
| Reference |
Box 26 |
| Creator |
Various |
| Covering Dates |
1 Apr. 1863–2 July 1913 |
| Extent and Medium |
134 letters; paper |
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| Index Terms |
| Adams, Eliza (1827-1919) wife of J.C. Adams |
| Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer |
| St John's Library/Adams/Box 26 contains: |
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1/1
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Autograph letter signed to Donald MacAlister. Arrangements for improvements to No. 4 Brookside. Progress of Sampson and Glaisher on the Collected papers.
Creator: Eliza Adams, 1827-1919.
4p; paper. |
23 Mar. 1892 |
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1/2
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Autograph letter signed to Donald MacAlister. Arrangements being made by Press Syndicate for JCA's Collected Papers. University Library's selection of books from JCA's library.
Creator: Eliza Adams, 1827-1919.
4p; paper. |
3 May 1892 |
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1/3
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Autograph letter signed to Donald MacAlister. Merits of A.B. Joy as sculptor for memorial. R. Ball's visits to the Observatory. Poor opinion of G.H. Darwin.
Creator: Eliza Adams, 1827-1919.
4p; paper. |
13 June 1892 |
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1/4
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Autograph letter signed to Donald MacAlister. Report on letter from Glaisher about progress on the Papers.
Creator: Eliza Adams, 1827-1919.
4p; paper. |
25 Aug. 1892 |
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1/5
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Autograph letter signed to Donald MacAlister. Congratulations on lecture on JCA, given by DM, and sent to EA to read.
Creator: Eliza Adams, 1827-1919.
4p; paper. |
1892 |
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1/6
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Autograph letter signed to Donald MacAlister. EA would like to arrange to give DM lunch on his regular visits to Cambridge.
Creator: Eliza Adams, 1827-1919.
4p; paper. |
1892–1919 |
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2/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Congratulations on marriage. Encloses poem on the discovery of Neptune.
Creator: Margaret Carpenter.
1p, 1p enclosure, envelope; paper. |
1 Apr. 1863 |
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2/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Congratulations on marriage.
Creator: Richard H. Hutton.
4p; paper. |
1863 |
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2/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Invitation to visit.
Creator: Adam Sedgwick, 1785-1873.
4p, envelope; paper. |
24 Mar. 1869 |
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2/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Intending bringing old pupil from Calcutta to visit.
Creator: Edward Byles Cowell, 1826-1903.
4p; paper. |
31 May 1870 |
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3/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sends words of "ould rebelly song".
Creator: William Wright, 1830-1889.
2p; paper. |
24 May 1871 |
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3/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. In French. Literature.
Creator: Penchenat.
4p; paper. |
31 Oct. 1872 |
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3/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Cancelling arrangement to visit the Observatory to view the stars due to bad weather.
Creator: Joseph Barber Lightfoot, 1828-1889.
2p; paper. |
25 Nov. 1872 |
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3/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Money spent on spensers etc. With picture.
Creator: Mary Tovey.
1p; paper. |
27 Oct. 1880 |
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3/5
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Autograph postcard signed to Eliza Adams. Expected time of arrival in Cambridge.
Creator: Francis William Newman, 1805-1897.
1p; paper. |
11 May 1880 |
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4/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Acknowledgement for hospitality during visit to Cambridge.
Creator: Carrie Borden.
2p, envelope; paper. |
6 Dec. 1881 |
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4/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Explanation of the origin of the word "Satis".
Creator: Edward Byles Cowell, 1826-1903.
2p, envelope; paper. |
16 May 1882 |
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4/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Letter of introduction for Jane Lee, Newnham College.
Creator: R.P. Graves.
4p; paper. |
6 Feb. 1883 |
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4/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Offer of a brace of pheasants.
Creator: Alfred Newton.
1p; paper. |
13 Dec. 1889 |
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5/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Enquiry after JCA's health.
Creator: Charles Cardale Babington.
1p; paper. |
8 May 1891 |
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5/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Enquiry after JCA's health. Comfort for death of Bessie Lloyd.
Creator: A.M. Fox.
3p, envelope; paper. |
6 Dec. 1891 |
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5/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Enquiry after JCA's health. Comfort for death of Bessie Lloyd.
Creator: Alex Hamilton.
2p; paper. |
29 Dec. 1891 |
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6/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sympathy for death of JCA. Encloses suitable poetry.
Creator: G. Yeld.
3p, 2 sheets enclosures; paper. |
26 Jan. 1892 |
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6/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sympathy for death of JCA.
Creator: Mary C. Ferguson.
2p; paper. |
22 Jan. 1892 |
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6/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sympathy for death of JCA.
Creator: C.K. Robinson.
3p; paper. |
23 Jan. 1892 |
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6/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sympathy for death of JCA.
Creator: Elizabeth Cowell.
4p; paper. |
23 Jan. 1892 |
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6/5
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sympathy for death of JCA. On behalf of the Executive Committee of Girton College.
Creator: Frances Kensington.
2p; paper. |
23 Jan. 1892 |
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7/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sympathy for death of JCA.
Creator: Edward Lyttel.
2p; paper. |
25 Jan. 1892 |
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7/2
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Autograph letter signed to W.G. Adams. Sympathy for death of JCA.
Creator: Richard Wall, 1820-1899.
9p; paper. |
26 Jan. 1892 |
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7/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sympathy for death of JCA.
Creator: George Howard Darwin, 1845-1912.
1p; paper. |
26 Jan. 1892 |
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8/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sympathy for death of JCA. On behalf of the Philosophical Society.
Creator: George Howard Darwin, 1845-1912.
2p; paper. |
26 Jan. 1892 |
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8/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sympathy for death of JCA.
Creator: Charles Edward Searle, 1828-1902.
5p, envelope; paper. |
27 Jan. 1892 |
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8/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sympathy for death of JCA.
Creator: Helen M. Hutton.
4p; paper. |
27 Jan. 1892 |
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8/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sympathy for death of JCA.
Creator: Margaret A. Fraser.
4p; paper. |
27 Jan. 1892 |
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9/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sympathy for death of JCA.
Creator: R.B. Clifton.
2p; paper. |
29 Jan. 1892 |
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9/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sympathy for death of JCA. On behalf of the Observatory Syndicate.
Creator: George Howard Darwin, 1845-1912.
1p; paper. |
29 Jan. 1892 |
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9/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Description of the history of FB's and JCA's friendship, from the earliest days as undergraduates.
Creator: Francis Bashforth, 1819-1912.
8p; paper. |
4 Feb. 1892 |
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10/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sympathy at death of JCA. Memories of him at time of discovery of Neptune.
Creator: William Towler Kingsley, 1815-1916.
3p; paper. |
4 Feb. 1892 |
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10/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Reporting decision of Press Syndicate to publish JCA's collected papers. Seeking EA's approval.
Creator: James Porter, 1827-1900.
2p; paper. |
6 Feb. 1892 |
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10/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sympathy at death of JCA. On behalf of the Special Board for Mathematics.
Creator: Edward Gurner Gallop, 1862-1936.
2p; paper. |
8 Feb. 1892 |
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10/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Recollections of JCA during the period of the discovery of Neptune.
Creator: William Towler Kingsley, 1815-1916.
8p, envelope; paper. |
11 Feb. 1892 |
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11/1
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Autograph letter signed to Donald MacAlister. Does not state to whom addressed. Asking the recipient to be Secretary of the Adams Memorial Committee with Dr. Porter: probably therefore MacAlister.
Creator: Charles Taylor, 1840-1908.
1p; paper. |
13 Feb. 1892 |
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11/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Memories of JCA at time of discovery of Neptune.
Creator: William Towler Kingsley, 1815-1916.
4p; paper. |
15 Feb. 1892 |
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11/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Encloses letters of JCA's. Comments on contemporary accounts of Airy and Challis of discovery of Neptune.
Creator: Francis Bashforth, 1819-1912.
4p; paper. |
15 Feb. 1892 |
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11/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sympathy at death of JCA.
Creator: Alice Bonham Carter.
4p; paper. |
17 Feb. 1892 |
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12/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Encloses A. Farrar's letter. (26/12/2) (Westminster Abbey memorial).
Creator: Charles Taylor, 1840-1908.
1p, envelope; paper. |
18 Feb. 1892 |
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12/2
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Autograph letter signed to Charles Taylor. Explaining that interment in Westminster Abbey cannot be arranged at such short notice, but suggesting a memorial, subject to permission of Dean and Chapter.
Creator: Arnold Farrar.
4p, envelope; paper. |
15 Feb. 1892 |
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12/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. In German. Sympathy at death of JCA.
Creator: C.A.F. Peters.
1p; paper. |
18 Feb. 1892 |
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12/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. In French. Signature not legible. Official sympathy for death of JCA.
Creator: Observatoire Royal de Belgique.
1p; paper. |
19 Feb. 1892 |
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12/5
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Official sympathy for death of JCA, from Gottingen Observatory.
Creator: W. Schur.
1p; paper. |
20 Feb. 1892 |
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13/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Writing on behalf of the Royal Institution of Cornwall at Truro, requesting advice in procuring a picture of JCA for the Institution's rooms.
Creator: James Jago.
3p; paper. |
24 Feb. 1892 |
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13/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sends letter of JCA's. Expresses high opinion of him.
Creator: Sir Robert Stawell Ball, 1840-1913.
4p; paper. |
24 Feb. 1892 |
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13/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Encloses one letter of JCA's to LeVerrier, found by his daughter. Contact being made with Delaunay's family. Details of a paper to be included in the Collected Papers. Suggestion for a house which might suit EA.
Creator: Arthur Cayley, 1821-1895.
3p; paper. |
28 Feb. 1892 |
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13/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sympathy at death of JCA.
Creator: Robert Grant.
3p, envelope; paper. |
29 Feb. 1892 |
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13/5
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. In French. Sympathy at death of JCA.
Creator: M.F. Tisserand.
2p, envelope; paper. |
29 Feb. 1892 |
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14/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Encloses another letter of JCA's. Pleased at formation of Memorial Committee. Comments on Neptune controversy.
Creator: Francis Bashforth, 1819-1912.
3p; paper. |
2 Apr. 1892 |
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14/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sympathy at death of JCA. Promises to send copies of letters from JCA. Encloses 2 originals (26/14/3,4).
Creator: Sir David Gill, 1842-1914.
3p, envelope; paper. |
5 Apr. 1892 |
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14/3
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Autograph letter signed to David Gill. Supported DG's application to the RAS for funds for expedition to Ascension to observe Mars. Enclosed with DG. to E.Adams (26/14/2).
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2p; paper. |
31 Jan. 1877 |
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14/4
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Autograph letter signed to David Gill. CO cannot undertake comparison observations to those of DG's of Mars, due to pressure of work. Suggests Sydney or the Cape. Enclosed with DG. to E.Adams (26/14/2).
Creator: John Couch Adams, 1819-1892.
2p; paper. |
25 Apr. 1877 |
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15/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Letter of condolence on behalf of the Solar Physics Committee, Dept. of Science and Art, South Kensington.
Creator: Frank Rede Fowke.
2p, envelope; paper. |
9 Apr. 1892 |
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15/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. In French. Acknowledgement of photograph of JCA sent.
Creator: M.F. Tisserand.
1p, envelope; paper. |
29 Apr. 1892 |
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16/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Writing as Secretary of the Dean and Chapter of Truro Cathedral. Seeks EA's approval for the placing of a memorial to JCA in the Cathedral.
Creator: A.I. Worlledge.
2p; paper. |
6 May 1892 |
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16/2
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Autograph letter to Eliza Adams. Incomplete. Writer approves of a letter EA has written to the Vice Chancellor for a meeting of a University Syndicate [probably the Observatory Syndicate].
Creator: Unknown.
4p; paper. |
11 May 1892 |
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16/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Acknowledgement of receipt of JCA's Lecture Attendance Book (SJC Archives D103.1), Account book kept as Proctor (Transferred to CU Archives ca 1976), Buttery Books as Steward of SJC (Part of the set in SJC Archives).
Creator: Sir Robert Forsyth Scott, 1849-1933.
2p; paper. |
14 May 1892 |
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16/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Results of meeting of Observatory Syndicate: thanks to EA for assistance in management of CO since JCA's death. Arrangements for purchase of various fixtures and fittings in the CO.
Creator: George Howard Darwin, 1845-1912.
3p; paper. |
2 June 1892 |
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17/1
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Autograph letter signed to Donald MacAlister. Poor opinion of the arrangements made for the management of the Observatory. Regret that Eliza Adams's offer was not taken up.
Creator: Joseph John Thomson, 1856-1940.
4p; paper. |
9 June 1892 |
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17/2
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Autograph letter signed to Donald MacAlister. Information for JCA's biography: encloses letter JCA to Cayley, and quote from Romilly. Current Univeristy affairs: discussion about students from New Zealand.
Creator: John Willis Clark, 1833-1910.
4p; paper. |
21 July 1892 |
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17/3
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Autograph letter signed to Donald MacAlister. JCA's correspondence.
Creator: John Willis Clark, 1833-1910.
2p; paper. |
25 Aug. 1892 |
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17/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. On behalf of Nottingham Free Public Libraries, who will be pleased to accept a copy of JCA's works.
Creator: J. Potter Briscoe.
2p; paper. |
21 Oct. 1892 |
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18/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Encloses a letter of JCA's for biography.
Creator: Agnes Mary Clerke, 1842-1907.
1p; paper. |
21 Oct. 1892 |
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18/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Request for memento of JCA.
Creator: John Edward Aloysius Steggall, 1855-1935.
3p; paper. |
21 Oct. 1892 |
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18/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Suggestion as to which of JCA's papers would be most useful as memento.
Creator: John Edward Aloysius Steggall, 1855-1935.
2p; paper. |
27 Oct. 1892 |
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18/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Request for copies of offprints of JCA's papers.
Creator: Richard Fleming.
2p; paper. |
29 Oct. 1892 |
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19/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Acknowlegement of receipt of offprints of papers on behalf of Mason College, Birmingham.
Creator: William H. Cope.
1p; paper. |
9 Nov. 1892 |
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19/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Acknowlegement of receipt of offprints of papers on behalf of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Creator: Peter Guthrie Tait, 1831-1901.
1p; paper. |
10 Nov. 1892 |
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19/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Description of expedition to see JCA's correspondence [with Sheepshanks] at the RAS, and correspondence with Airy at Greenwich. Probably JWL Glaisher.
Creator: James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, 1848-1928.
4p; paper. |
14 Dec. 1892 |
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19/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Description of expedition to see JCA's correspondence, concerned with Neptune, at Greenwich. Signed "Lee". Probably JWL Glaisher.
Creator: James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, 1848-1928.
3p; paper. |
15 Dec. 1892 |
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20/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. SS was JCA's cousin. Explains their relationship; asks for photograph.
Creator: Samuel Smith.
4p; paper. |
30 Nov. 1892 |
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20/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Acknowledgement of photograph. Memories of JCA as schoolboy.
Creator: Samuel Smith.
8p, envelope; paper. |
6 Dec. 1892 |
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20/3
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Cuttings from Cornish newspapers reporting JCA's death, funeral, and appealing for funds for the Truro memorial.
Creator: Various.
7 pieces; paper. |
1892 |
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21/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Opinion on the controversy over Neptune.
Creator: Francis Bashforth, 1819-1912.
4p; paper. |
9 Jan. 1893 |
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21/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Recollections of JCA's visit to Norway c.1850. Acknowledgement of suggestion of tutor for FB's son.
Creator: Francis Bashforth, 1819-1912.
4p, envelope; paper. |
12 May 1893 |
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21/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. News of unveiling of Truro Cathedral memorial to JCA. Order of Service enclosed.
Creator: A.I. Worlledge.
2p, 1p enclosure, envelope; paper. |
29 May 1893 |
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22/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. News of unveiling of Truro memorial. Details of JCA's papers on trajectories and droplets. Opinion on Neptune controversy.
Creator: Francis Bashforth, 1819-1912.
4p; paper. |
30 May 1893 |
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22/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Acknowledgement of offprints of JCA's received on behalf of Columbia College, New York.
Creator: Harold Jacoby.
1p; paper. |
23 June 1893 |
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22/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Comments on lecture DM gave, and EA commented on.
Creator: Sir Donald MacAlister, 1854-1934.
4p; paper. |
25 Aug. 1893 |
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22/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Willing to send letters received from JCA, or copies, for use for biography/collected letters.
Creator: Simon Newcomb, 1835-1909.
1p; paper. |
22 Sep. 1893 |
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22/5
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Has permission from RAS to make copies of letters from JCA in their files.
Creator: W.H. Wesley.
3p; paper. |
27 Sep. 1893 |
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23/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. In French. Will be very pleased to receive the photograph and offprints of JCA which have been offered.
Creator: C. Souillart.
1p, envelope; paper. |
28 Sep. 1893 |
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23/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Giving permission, on behalf of RAS for EA to have access and have copied JCA's correspondence in their files.
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner, 1861-1930.
3p; paper. |
29 Sep. 1893 |
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23/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Encloses money for books from JCA's library bought for McGill University Library.
Creator: Donald A. Smith. |
29 Sep. |
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24/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Acknowledging, but refusing offer of photograph and offprints, as already has both.
Creator: George William Hill, 1838-1914.
2p; paper. |
25 Oct. 1893 |
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24/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Transcripts of letters from RAS files in progress.
Creator: W.H. Wesley.
2p; paper. |
9 Nov. 1893 |
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24/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Acknowledgement of money sent [in connection with transcripts of letters from GO?]. Praise of effort of Wesley in sorting files at RAS and finding missing diagram.
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner, 1861-1930.
4p; paper. |
17 Nov. 1893 |
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24/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. W.G. Adams has diagram of Biela's comet.
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner, 1861-1930.
1p; paper. |
17 Nov. 1893 |
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25/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Acknowledgement of cordial note.
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner, 1861-1930.
3p, envelope; paper. |
6 Dec. 1893 |
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25/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Indignant at Cambridge University's refusal of EA's offer [of funding in connection with the Observatory].
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner, 1861-1930.
4p; paper. |
8 Dec. 1893 |
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25/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Report on the correspondence at Greenwich connected with JCA's study of the Secular Acceleration of the Moon's mean motion.
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner, 1861-1930.
4p; paper. |
11 Dec. 1893 |
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25/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Report on progress of Sampson's work on JCA's papers on the Perturbations of Uranus.
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner, 1861-1930.
4p; paper. |
21 Dec. 1893 |
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26/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Progress on the papers on the Perturbations of Uranus. Statement of progress enclosed.
Creator: Ralph Allen Sampson, 1866-1939.
3p, 1p enclosure, envelope; paper. |
22 Dec. 1893 |
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26/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Acknowledgement of newspaper cuttings concerning JCA.
Creator: Samuel Smith.
4p; paper. |
18 May 1895 |
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26/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Has sent MSS to the Syndics [of the Press].
Creator: Rlaph Allen Sampson, 1866-1939.
3p; paper. |
6 June 1896 |
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27/1
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Autograph letter signed to Donald MacAlister. Has sent off MS of memoir [for the Collected Papers] to the University Press.
Creator: James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, 1848-1928.
2p; paper. |
24 Aug. 1896 |
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27/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Social. Pleased to see the Collected Papers published.
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner, 1861-1930.
2p; paper. |
23 Dec. 1896 |
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27/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Acnowledgement of copy of the "memoir" sent. Recollections of showing JCA LeVerrier's obiturary.
Creator: Alex Hamilton.
2p; paper. |
1 Jan. 1897 |
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27/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Pleased to see the Collected Papers appearing. Social news. Glad that women have been refused degrees.
Creator: William Towler Kingsley, 1815-1916.
4p; paper. |
10 Mar. 1897 |
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28/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Will be pleased to receive copy of Glaisher's "Memoir" from the Collected Papers. FB's opponents at Woolwich have been discredited and real use is being made of his work. Memories of JCA as an undergraduate.
Creator: Francis Bashforth, 1819-1912.
4p; paper. |
12 Mar. 1897 |
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28/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Acknowledgement of gift of copy of Memoir from the Collected Papers. Poor opinion of giving degrees to women, and of the Northumberland telescope.
Creator: William Towler Kingsley, 1815-1916.
4p; paper. |
12 Mar. 1897 |
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28/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Would welcome gift of copy of Memoir from the Collected Papers.
Creator: Edward Spencer, b 1818.
4p; paper. |
16 Mar. 1897 |
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28/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Acknowledgement of gift of copy of Memoir from the Collected Papers.
Creator: Harrison.
3p; paper. |
25 Mar. 1897 |
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29/1
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Autograph letter signed to Mr Myers. Wishes to obtain a sheet of MS of JCA's to hang in the Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, University of California.
Creator: Edward S. Holden.
1p; paper. |
17 Feb. 1897 |
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29/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. "Kind letters from Prof. Turner" (EA's hand on the envelope).
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner, 1861-1930.
3p, envelope; paper. |
14 Dec. 1897 |
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29/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Reverie on the 19th century.
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner, 1861-1930.
4p; paper. |
31 Dec. 1900 |
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30/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sorting of JCA's MSS on the perturbations of Uranus almost complete.
Creator: Ralph Allen Sampson, 1866-1939.
3p; paper. |
4 Aug. 1901 |
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30/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sorting of JCA's MSS on the perturbations of Uranus almost complete and ready for the binder. Request that the memorandum of 1841 be included.
Creator: Ralph Allen Sampson, 1866-1939.
3p; paper. |
22 Aug. 1901 |
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30/3
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Autograph letter signed to Donald MacAlister. Proposal to amend the regulations for the Adams Prize.
Creator: Sir Joseph Larmor, 1857-1942.
2p; paper. |
6 Dec. 1901 |
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30/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Proposal to amend the regulations for the Adams Prize.
Creator: Sir Donald MacAlister, 1854-1934.
1p, envelope; paper. |
7 Dec. 1901 |
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31/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Social.
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner, 1861-1930.
2p; paper. |
1 Jan. 1904 |
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31/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Description of holiday in Italy.
Creator: G. Yeld.
4p; paper. |
26 Apr. 1904 |
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31/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Social.
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner, 1861-1930.
2p; paper. |
31 Dec. 1907 |
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31/4
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Autograph letter signed to J.W.L. Glaisher. Refusing invitation to dinner with the RAS Club.
Creator: John Bobanau Nickerlieu Hennessey, 1829-1910.
2p; paper. |
8 Mar. 1908 |
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32/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Sends photograph.
Creator: John Bobanau Nickerlieu Hennessey, 1829-1910.
2p; paper. |
4 July 1908 |
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32/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Social.
Creator: Rlaph Allen Sampson, 1866-1939.
3p; paper. |
24 Dec. 1908 |
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32/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Social. E.W. Brown's great work on the theory of the moon, and Sampson's on Jupiter's satellites.
Creator: Herbert Hall Turner, 1861-1930.
4p; paper. |
26 Dec. 1909 |
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32/4
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Social. Sends copy of photograph of JCA.
Creator: Osmond Fisher, 1817-1914.
1p; paper. |
12 Apr. 1911 |
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33/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Enthusiastic acknowledgement of JCA autographs sent. Memories of JCA as a coach.
Creator: Edmund Henry Woodward, 1828-1923.
2p; paper. |
24 June 1913 |
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33/2
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Enthusiastic acknowledgement of JCA memorabilia sent. Encloses extract from Mary Somerville's diary and Galle's obituary from the Times.
Creator: Edmund Henry Woodward, 1828-1923.
2p, 2p enclosures, envelope; paper. |
1 July 1913 |
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33/3
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Family news.
Creator: M. Grylls.
4p; paper. |
2 July 1913 |
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34/1
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. JCA's appreciation of Dante.
Creator: Edward Byles Cowell, 1826-1903.
3p; paper. |
1892–1903 |
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Social.
Creator: Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 1875-1940.
2p; paper. |
1875–1919 |
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Social.
Creator: Frances Rothe.
4p; paper. |
1863–1919 |
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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams. Social.
Creator: Frances Rothe.
3p; paper. |
1863–1919 |
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