Janus: Perceval Bequest

Fitzwilliam/PERCEVAL contains:
A	Correspondence, lithograph plates, engravings, MS essays, etc.
B	Correspondence, signatures, misc. MSS, etc.
C	Correspondence, receipts.
E	Correspondence, etc.
G	Correspondence, etc.
H	Correspondence, misc. MSS, engravings, etc.
J	Correspondence, clippings, engravings, receipts, misc. MSS, etc.
K	Correspondence, notices, misc. MSS, etc.
L	Correspondence, misc. MSS, advertisements, engravings, illustrations, etc.
N	Correspondence, etc.
O	Correspondence, etc.
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Perceval Bequest

Title	Correspondence, etc.
Reference	PERCEVAL/E
Covering Dates	1829–1852
Extent and Medium	76 items

Content and context

Includes: various papers of William Buckland, dated 1829-1849: letters sent and received, MS sketches, notes, printed poem and engraving, etc.; letters to and from William Baker, dated 1841-1852.

Fitzwilliam/PERCEVAL/E contains:

William Buckland Poem/Illustration.
1 item (2 pieces); paper.

1821-

William Buckland MS/Sketches. MS notes by William Buckland with a coloured map and geological sketches of a coastal area.
1 item; paper.

[?Anstice] Letter. AL (partial), possibly to Robert Anstice, 1829.
1 item; paper.

1829

Sir John Trevelyan Letter. ALS to Mr. Baker from Sir John Trevelyan, 1839.
1 item; paper.

1839

William Buckland Letter. ALS to Sir John Trevelyan from William Buckland, 1839.
1 item; paper.

1839

William Buckland Letter. AL (partial) from William Buckland to [?], 1841. . About mountain lime.
1 item; paper.

1841

William Baker Letter. ALS to Sir John Trevelyan from William Baker, 1841. Sorry to have missed the opportunity to have met Dr. Buckland.
1 item; paper.

1841

8-34

William Baker Letters/Sketches. 27 ALS (some partial) William Buckland from William Baker, dated 1841-1849. Mostly concern specimen collections, particularly perforation to rocks made by garden snails, a "Bone Bed", and Cannington Park limestone; sends samples of rock, newts, frogs, etc.; publication of Buckland's books on British quadrupeds and reptiles; includes a clipping about a meeting of the Ashmolean Society at which Dr. Buckland talked about a particular species of frog (E.29); some discussion of belief: "Gray's little book is invaluable and will convert the sceptic; reassured him that people will accept his investigation of God's work and evidence of existence before the human race" (E.32); repeated comments about the procurement of cider. Several letters include sketches, notably a coloured pencil sketch showing cross-section of the quarry at Cannington Park containing the red sandstone (E.15).
27 items; paper.

1841–1849

William Buckland Letter. ALS to Robert Arstice from William Buckland, 1841. Thanks him for specimens.
1 item; paper.

1841

36-59

William Buckland Letters. 24 ALS to William Baker from William Buckland (some copies, 1841-1849. Responds to comments on specimens, questions; cider; visit of Professor Liebey.
24 items; paper.

1841–1849

Sir John Trevelyan Letter. ALS from Sir John Trevelyan.

Sir Richard Owen Letter. ALS to William Buckland from Sir Richard Owen (copy), 1841. Returns fragments, skeletons, heads.
1 item; paper.

1841

62-63

Edward Gray Letters. 2 ALS to William Buckland from Edward Gray (copy), 1842. About Buckland's paper on the holes in limestone, sends evidence from his further investigations.
2 items; paper.

1842

Robert Anstice Letter. ALS to William Baker from Robert Anstice, 1842. About limpets/shells, chemicals, etc. Includes used litmus paper.
1 item; paper.

1842

65-66

Lyon Playfair Letters. 2 ALS to William Baker from Lyon Playfair, 1842. . Sends questionnaire with request for men to complete; newspaper clipping announcing a meeting between Buckland, Playfair and other "men of... Eminence" at a congregation organized by Sir Robert Peel, attached to Playfair's account of the event.
2 letters; paper.

1842

Lyon Playfair Letter. ALS to [?] from Lyon Playfair, 1853. Cannot undertake enquiry, offers information about fields.
1 item; paper.

1853

68-72

Frank T. Buckland Letters. 5 ALS to W. Baker from Frank T. Buckland, 1849-1852. Thanks, on behalf of his father, for the present of some skeletons; asks for some more of the "little beasts", further samples; details father's deteriorating state.

1849–1852

William Baker Letter. ALS to Frank T. Buckland from William Baker, 1852. Offers to send more insects.
1 item; paper.

1852

74-75

William Baker Letters. 2 ALS to Thos. Bell from William Baker, 1845. About newts.
2 items; paper.

1845

William Buckland Speech. Copy of Anniversary Address by William Buckland to the Geological Society.
1 item; paper.