GB/NNAF/P152922 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P269)
| Scope | corresp and papers as Astronomer Royal |
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| Repository | Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives |
| Record Reference | RGO 6 |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 22822 Greenwich Observator |
| Other reference | see HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982 |
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| Scope | 1828-48: journals, diaries and memoranda |
| Repository | Cambridge University Archives |
| Record Reference | Obsy H.1 link to online catalogue |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 43261 Cambridge |
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| Scope | corresp |
| Repository | Wellcome Library |
| Record Reference | MS.7108 |
| Other reference | see Annual review 1994-95 |
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| Scope | biography with his MS notes |
| Repository | Natural History Museum |
| Record Reference | L MSS HUN link to online catalogue |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 39241 |
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| Scope | c1836-63: corresp rel to London University |
| Repository | London University: Senate House Library |
| Record Reference | MS 929 link to online catalogue |
| Other reference | see Guide to archives and MSS in University of London vol 1 1984 |
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| Scope | 1826-55: letters (20) to Charles Babbage |
| Repository | British Library, Manuscript Collections |
| Record Reference | Add MSS 37183-86, 37194, 37196 |
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| Scope | 1851-77: letters (45) to James Bosanquet |
| Repository | Royal Astronomical Society Library |
| Record Reference | MS Add 89 |
| Other reference | see Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978 |
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| Scope | 1845-46: corresp with Lord Ellenborough |
| Repository | The National Archives |
| Record Reference | PRO 30/12 link to online catalogue |
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| Scope | corresp with James Forbes |
| Repository | St Andrews University Library |
| Record Reference | msdep7 link to online catalogue |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 13132 |
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| Scope | 1860-68: letters from JP Gassiot |
| Repository | The National Archives |
| Record Reference | BJ1 link to online catalogue |
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| Scope | letters to Sir David Gill |
| Repository | Royal Geographical Society |
| Record Reference | DOG link to online catalogue |
| Other reference | see RGS archives p163 |
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| Scope | letters (11) to James Glaisher |
| Repository | Royal Astronomical Society Library |
| Record Reference | MSS Glaisher |
| Other reference | see Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978 |
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| Scope | 1837-59: letters to S Grimaldi |
| Repository | British Library, Manuscript Collections |
| Record Reference | Add MS 34189 |
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| Scope | 1824-75: corresp with Sir John Herschel |
| Repository | Royal Society |
| Record Reference | JFWH link to online catalogue |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 8803 |
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| Scope | 1836-70: corresp with Sir John Herschel |
| Repository | University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 13677 Herschel |
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| Scope | letters to Lord Arthur Charles Hervey |
| Repository | Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Western Manuscripts |
| Record Reference | MS Eng lett c 297 |
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| Scope | 1837, 1861-63: corresp with John Lee |
| Repository | Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies |
| Record Reference | D/X720 |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 24572 Lee |
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| Scope | 1860-63: letters to Sir George Cornewall Lewis |
| Repository | National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services |
| Record Reference | Harpton Court |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 22798 Duff Gordon |
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| Scope | letters to Sir Norman Lockyer |
| Repository | University of Exeter Library (Special Collections) |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 11128 |
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| Scope | 1829-60: letters to Sir John Lubbock |
| Repository | Royal Society |
| Record Reference | JWL link to online catalogue |
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| Scope | 1835-65: corresp with Sir Charles Lyell |
| Repository | Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections |
| Record Reference | Lyell 1 |
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| Scope | 1835-46: corresp with Sir Robert Peel |
| Repository | British Library, Manuscript Collections |
| Record Reference | Add MSS 40414-593 passim |
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| Scope | 1836-58: letters to Baden Powell |
| Repository | Oxford University: Museum of the History of Science |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 9532 Oxford scientific |
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| Scope | 1861-83: letters to Bartholomew Price |
| Repository | Oxford University: Pembroke College Archives |
| Record Reference | 60/14 |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 29439 Oxford Univ Pembroke |
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| Scope | 1844-51: corresp with Sir Francis Ronalds |
| Repository | Institution of Engineering and Technology Archives |
| Record Reference | SC Mss 1.3, 1.9 |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 38778 Ronalds |
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| Scope | 1843-79: letters to Earls of Rosse |
| Repository | Birr Castle Archives |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 25548 Parsons |
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| Scope | 1832-88: letters to Royal Astronomical Society |
| Repository | Royal Astronomical Society Library |
| Record Reference | RAS letters |
| Other reference | see Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978 |
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| Scope | 1841-52: letters to Sir Edward Sabine |
| Repository | The National Archives |
| Record Reference | BJ3/20 link to online catalogue |
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| Scope | letters to Professor Sedgwick and his daughter |
| Repository | National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library, Manuscripts Section |
| Record Reference | MS79/120 |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 20623 |
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| Scope | 1836-59: letters (214) to Richard Sheepshanks |
| Repository | Royal Astronomical Society Library |
| Record Reference | MSS Sheepshanks |
| Other reference | see Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978 |
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| Scope | 1835-61: letters to Archibald Smith |
| Repository | Glasgow City Archives |
| Record Reference | TD1 link to online catalogue |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 20864 Smith |
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| Scope | letters to Admiral WH Smyth |
| Repository | American Philosophical Society Library |
| Other reference | see R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994) |
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| Scope | 1848-82: letters (370) to Sir George Stokes |
| Repository | Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives |
| Record Reference | Add 7342, 7656 |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 20700 Stokes |
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| Scope | letters to John Tyndall etc |
| Repository | Royal Institution of Great Britain |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 9522 |
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| Scope | 1823-66: corresp with William Whewell |
| Repository | Cambridge University: Trinity College Library |
| Record Reference | WHEWELL link to online catalogue |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 8804 |
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| Scope | letters (10) |
| Repository | University of Liverpool: Special Collections and Archives |
| NRA catalogue reference | NRA 9512 Liverpool scient |
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| Scope | c1823-1911: certificates incl 90th birthday |
| Repository | National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library, Manuscripts Section |
| Record Reference | ZBA1201-1210 |
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