Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge - Joseph Banks' Correspondence, 1773-1815

MAV/FM4/2284
Status: unavailable

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

421999

microfilm reel 35 mm

Botanist and patron

Correspondence comprising about 300 letters addressed to Banks mainly in his capacity as President of the Royal Society. The principal correspondents are Sir Charles Blagden 1883-1805, Jonas Dryander 1782-1802, James Mario Matra 1779, 1791, Dr Daniel Solander 1773-81, Dr. James Lind 1775-95, Dr William Richardson 1803-05, Erasmus Darwin 1781-82, the Geological Society of London 1809-10, W.H. Yate 1802 and Lord Monboddo 1780, 1783. The letters largely relate to botanical matters but also concern personal matters. There is also a folder of letters with enclosures, c. 1783, sent to Banks relating to mermaids. The reel also contains an extract from the Atheaneum, 26 Dec. 1796, commenting on the publication of Banks' Endeavour journal

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
National Library of Australia holds the microfilm master.
Available for reference.
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series: M469.
Microfilm copy of originals held by Fitzwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
Descriptive list available: Micro. Ref. Bks. 2.3/66.
Detailed description in Mander-Jones, p.397; see also AJCP 'Handbook' Part 8, Entry 23, p.8.
Refer to the National Library of Australia’s AJCP Portal (https://www.nla.gov.au/content/australian-joint-copying-project) for information on Australian Joint Copying Project reels digitised in 2019/25