Letters from Basil Hall
Collection
Call Number: MS P482
Overview
Captain Basil Hall (1788-1844) followed a career in the Royal Navy by becoming a popular travel writer. These 4 letters reflect his naval and literary connections and activities. Items probably mostly written in London, perhaps also Italy.
Dates
- Creation: 1820; 1840-1842
Creator
- Hall, Basil, 1788-1844 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restriction
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
4 folders : 4 letters
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS P482
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Oruch gift, 1976
Separated Materials
Other material in same acquisition: Bain, Barker, Britton, Jowett, Hallam Tennyson, Dos Passos, Jusserand, Phelps, Praed
- Title
- Guide to the Basil Hall Correspondence.
- Subtitle
- Letters from Basil Hall
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, March 2, 1976; revised by ksc, 2006 Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/5494880576
- Preferred citation
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Basil Hall correspondence, Department of Special Collections, MS P 482, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository