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Letter from Charles Burney Jr. to William Davies, 1 December 1800

Autograph letter from Charles Burney Jr. written at Greenwich, 1 December 1800, to William Davies, Bookseller, Strand. Also postmarked 1 December 1800. Consists of one folded sheet with one page of letter, one page address and one page of postscript (one page blank). Written on black-edged laid paper. The letter requests a receipt for Fanny Burney's account ("The Bill against Mrs. D'Arblay"). In a postscript, Burney requests that Davies send him 100 copies of Gay's Fables.

Burney, Charles, 1757-1817

Letter from Charles Burney Jr. to Longman, 24 February 1814

Manuscript letter signed by Charles Burney Jr. to Longman, Pater Noster Row, requesting Longman's catalogue parts I and II. Letter is dated 24 February 1814 with Burney's address given as: Rectory House, Deptford. Folded with address of recipient and traces of blue wax seal (seal wanting).

Burney, Charles, 1757-1817

Letter signed James Burney to unknown recipient, 21 December 1816

Manuscript letter signed by James Burney (Fanny Burney's brother) to an unknown recipient. Address leaf is wanting. The letter is dated 21 December 1816 and concerns a citation by Maldonado from the introduction of Relacion del Viage (1792), about the Dutch and Mexicans (pg. xlix-lii).

The letter describes her acquaintances in France from April 1767, including descriptions which she mentions as having been omitted from her journal for the year 1767.

Letter from Charles Burney Jr. to W.F. Rose, 30 November 1813

Holograph letter from Charles Burney Jr. addressed to W.F. Rose Esq. Navy Pay Office, London. Postmarked on final leaf with ink stamp: NO 30 1813. At end of letter: Rectory House, Deptford No. 30th 1813. Written in a sloping hand in brown ink and with a small repair to upper outer corner of final leaf of letter. The letter discusses some Greek newspapers sent along in a packet to Rose, Burney's latest struggles with gout, as well as potential future visitors to the Rectory. Letter is accompanied by a printed pamphlet.

Burney, Charles, 1757-1817

Daniel Bell letters

File consists of 6 letters written by Daniel Bell of Liverpool, to John Abraham and Robert Abraham

Bell, Daniel

Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)

Mounted painting with full depiction of a pale-colored buzzard, with partial background of rocks and plants. Inscriptions below the painting read: "Smaller White Scavenger Vulture (Neophron ginginianus)" at bottom centre, and "Neophron ginginianus" in lower left corner.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Black-headed ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)

Framed painting of a bird with white body, black neck, head, and legs, standing on rock by water. Full and close background featuring plants with hanging, full pods.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Crested serpent-eagle (Spilornis cheela)

Framed painting of a tall eagle with brown back and speckled white belly, perched on flat rock with detailed plant at the right bearing red fruit (ivy gourd), with a full landscape background.

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)

Mounted painting of a white goose with two black bars on the back of head, standing by the water with wood and foliage, with a full landscape background with temples in the far left. Inscription below painting reads, "Bar-headed goose (anser indicus)." Another in lower right corner reads, "Anas."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

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