Samuel Brown letter
Overview
Samuel Brown (1817-1856) was a Scottish chemist and author of Portobello (now a suburb of Edinburgh). In this letter to an unidentified friend, he writes about the people with whom he dined at a dinner party, including his dinner partner, Miss Helena Faucit (1814-1898), an English actress.
Dates
- Creation: February 28, [1843]
Creator
- Brown, Samuel, 1817-1856 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 folder (1 leaf)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS P667
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, Maggs Bros Rare Books, June 27, 1966.
Processing Information
Former SC temporary call number: MS (Box) 38: 52
Former temporary collection name: Collection of 19th c. letters: Miscellaneous group of mainly English letters: mostly 19th c, some 20th c, a few 18th c.
Subject
- Martin, Helena Faucit, 1814-1898 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Samuel Brown Collection
- Subtitle
- Samuel Brown letter
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by mab, 2008. Finding aid encoded by mab, 2008.
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/6382252593
- Preferred citation
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Samuel Brown letter, Department of Special Collections, MS P667, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository