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Collapse D4627 - John Joseph Briggs (1819-1876), antiquary and naturalist, of King's Newton - 1837-20th century

D4627 - John Joseph Briggs (1819-1876), antiquary and naturalist, of King's Newton - 1837-20th century

Expand 1 - Correspondence - 1837-1875

1 - Correspondence - 1837-1875

Expand 2 - Family history

2 - Family history

Expand 3 - Personal papers

3 - Personal papers

Collapse 4 - Manuscript work

4 - Manuscript work

1-2 - Lecture entitled On the Study of Natural History; another lecture on similar subject

3-5 - List of people, perhaps for inclusion in volume on Derbyshire worthies (D4627/4/3) with notes on William Bemrose junior (D4627/4/4) and Stephen Glover (D4627/4/5)

6 - Notes on Hopton, Brassington, Kniveton, Newhaven, Hartington, Monyash

5 - Newspaper articles, writing as A Naturalist - [1850s-1860s]

6 - The Trent and other poems by John Joseph Briggs - 1857-1858

7 - Natural History of Melbourne

8 - Fauna of Derbyshire Quadrupeds Chapter III (reprinted from The Reliquary) Jul - 1861

9 - Newscuttings

Expand 10 - Memorials

11 - Miscellaneous letters and papers relating to the Briggs family - 1793-1880

12 - Newscuttings and articles about John Joseph Briggs including extract from diary in 1843 relating grandmother's recollection of Jacobite uprising in 1745 (D4627/12/1) - 20th century

13 - Papers not identified as connected with Briggs - 19th-20th century

14 - Obituary of Thomas Bateman by L. Jewitt reprinted from Derby Telegraph Aug 1861 (D4627/14/1), A "Memory" of the late Thomas Bateman Esq by Llewellynn Jewitt reprinted from The Reliquary Oct 1861 (D4627/14/2), alphabetical list with manuscript additions (? galley proof) addressed to Jewitt (D4627/14/3) - 1861

15 - Manuscript Newscuttings and notes on Florence Nightingale - [1850s]

16 - Printed material relating to Derbyshire people, possibly collected for work on Derbyshire worthies - [18th-19th cent]

17 - Miscellaneous items - 19th century

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Local Studies Periodicals

Local Studies Periodicals

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

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