Beke's early career, Origines Biblicae, family and local history, and other matters.

Date:
1824-1872
Reference:
MS.6833
Part of:
Beke, Charles Tilstone (1800-1874), Ph.D., Abyssinian explorer
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Comprises:

  • MS.6833/1-3: Admission bond, Lincoln's Inn (1824), and papers on the payment of outstanding dues to the Society (1836), 1824-1836.
  • MS.6833/4-5: Phrenological analyses of Beke, c.1830.
  • MS.6833/6-15: Correspondence on Origines Biblicae and biblical archaeology, principally with Charles Lyell (1797-1875) and Henry Creswicke Rawlinson (1810-1895), 1834-1862.
  • MS.6833/16-40: Correspondence and papers on family and local history and topography, including letters from the Rev. George Cecil Renouard (1780-1867) on genealogy and Edward Wedlake Brayley (1773-1854) on the geology of Kent, 1847-1872.
  • MS.6833/41-45: Drafts for a Bill for Facilitating the Marriage of British Subjects in Foreign Countries, proposed by Beke, and a copy of the resulting Act (12 and 13 Victoria cap. LXVIII), 1848-1849.
  • MS.6833/46: Coloured drawing of the uniform of the Deputy Lieutenant of Tower Hamlets, by Henry Hart, tailor of Pall Mall, with notes of Beke's measurements, Mid 19th Century.

    • Publication/Creation

    1824-1872

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    1 file

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    Described in typescript supplements by Richard Palmer, Keith Moore, Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton to the Library's published published manuscript catalogues.

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