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Backhouse, James (1794 - 1869)

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Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
 
[Repository details]
Title:James Backhouse - Records
Reference:B730-732
Date Range:1831 - 1841
Description:Various records regarding Australian society, convicts, Aborigines, the Society of Friends, botany, natural history and other subjects including a journal of a visit to Australia and South Africa 1831-41 with pen and ink sketches, (this is an original manuscript in 19 volumes with loose maps, one of Tasmania and one of NSW [B730-B732].
Formats:Artwork.
Quantity:19 volumes
Access:Available for reference

Title:James Backhouse - Records
Reference:Ab 124
Description:Botanical notes and diagrams.

Title:James Backhouse - Records
Reference:C393
Date Range:1835
Description:List of plants of Norfolk Island 1835 supplementary to a former list by A. Cunningham [C393].

Title:James Backhouse - Records
Reference:FM 4/3134-3148
Date Range:1831 - 1868
Description:Microfilm of personal and official papers of J. Backhouse 1831-1868 in the papers of the "Society of Friends" [15 reels altogether including Backhouse and others, FM 4/3134-3148].
Quantity:15 reels

Title:Linnean Society of London - Records
Reference:FM 4/2699
Date Range:1792 - 1870
Description:Correspondence, 1805-1870, and manuscripts, 1792-1861.
Formats:Microfilm.
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Archer, William (1820 - 1874) | Banks, Joseph (1743 - 1820) | Bauer, Ferdinand Lukas (1760 - 1826) | Bloxam, A. | Clarke, William Branwhite (1798 - 1878) | Cunningham, Allan (1791 - 1839) | Darwin, Charles Robert (1809 - 1882) | Gipps, George (1791 - 1847) | Gould, John (1804 - 1881) | Hooker, William Jackson (1785 - 1865) | Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825 - 1895) | Macarthur, D. | Macarthur, James (1798 - 1867) | Macleay, William John (1820 - 1891) | Macleay, William Sharp (1792 - 1865) | McLeay, Alexander (1767 - 1848) | Swainson, William John (1789 - 1855)
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State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
 
[Repository details]
Title:Linnean Society of London - Records
Reference:M596-597
Date Range:1790 - 1870
Description:Records from the Linnean Society of London relating to Australia 1790-1870, including correspondence and miscellaneous papers of George and Alexander Macleay; correspondence of William Swainson; and miscellaneous manuscripts relating to Australian botany and birds. Microfilm copies of originals held by the Linnean Society of London.
Formats:Microfilm.
Quantity:2 reels
Access:Available for reference
Related Entries:Banks, Joseph (1743 - 1820) | Macleay, George (1809 - 1891) | McLeay, Alexander (1767 - 1848) | Swainson, William John (1789 - 1855)
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