Correspondence and Papers of Clift and Owen families
TitleCorrespondence and Papers of Clift and Owen families
ReferenceMS0238
Level of descriptionfonds
DateLate eighteenth to nineteenth century
Admin./ biographical historyWilliam Clift was a Naturalist and Conservator of the Hunterian Museum. (see MS0007 for biographical information).
Sir Richard Owen was a Naturalist, Conservator of the Hunterian Museum, and Superintendant of the Natural History collections of the British Museum. (See MS0025 for biographical information.)
Sir Richard Owen was a Naturalist, Conservator of the Hunterian Museum, and Superintendant of the Natural History collections of the British Museum. (See MS0025 for biographical information.)
Scope and ContentThis file of papers contains letters to and from the Clift and Owen families, papers giving information about their family histories, as well as various other manuscripts.
This includes parish placements of Richard Owen’s grandson Richard Startin Owen; letter to the vicar (Richard Startin Owen) from the choirmen of St Giles Church and card from the Communicant's guild of the Parish of Mortlake; manuscript copy of Richard Owen's great grandmother's inscription from her tomb (Froysell); William Owen's certificate of admittance to the Royal Arch Masons (1869); manuscript settlement made between Richard Eskrigge and Elizabeth Froysell on their marriage in 1725 (Richard Owen's great grandparents); Letter from John Hunter to Brigadier Lambart, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Forces at Belle Isle, and the response of Brigadier Lambart (1762); Correspondence between Richard Owen and his family; 2 pencil drawings by Mrs Clift; Correspondence between William Clift and his family; Richard Owen correspondence from the Jessie Dobson estate [including list]; other letters to Richard Owen; a diary belonging to William Clift recording activities in the museum for c1806-c1816; a letter from Antonio Scarpa, 1823 [including transcription and translation]; sheet music for a song with lyrics by Eugenius Roche Esq and music by Gme Tronsson du Coudray, dedicated to Miss Caroline Amelia Clift; letter from Joshua Brookes to Nathan Pointer (1831?); 4 attendance cards for John W MacNee at lectures given by James Armour on Midwifery (1828), John Burns on Surgery (1827), the structure and diseases of the eye by William MacKenzie (1828), and lectures on anatomy by Robert Hunter (1826-1827); Invitation card from EM van Butchell to see the embalmed remains of his wife, and a transcribed letter by William Clift from EM van Butchell regarding the display of his wife's remains (1815); Various other Clift and Owen manuscripts.
This includes parish placements of Richard Owen’s grandson Richard Startin Owen; letter to the vicar (Richard Startin Owen) from the choirmen of St Giles Church and card from the Communicant's guild of the Parish of Mortlake; manuscript copy of Richard Owen's great grandmother's inscription from her tomb (Froysell); William Owen's certificate of admittance to the Royal Arch Masons (1869); manuscript settlement made between Richard Eskrigge and Elizabeth Froysell on their marriage in 1725 (Richard Owen's great grandparents); Letter from John Hunter to Brigadier Lambart, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Forces at Belle Isle, and the response of Brigadier Lambart (1762); Correspondence between Richard Owen and his family; 2 pencil drawings by Mrs Clift; Correspondence between William Clift and his family; Richard Owen correspondence from the Jessie Dobson estate [including list]; other letters to Richard Owen; a diary belonging to William Clift recording activities in the museum for c1806-c1816; a letter from Antonio Scarpa, 1823 [including transcription and translation]; sheet music for a song with lyrics by Eugenius Roche Esq and music by Gme Tronsson du Coudray, dedicated to Miss Caroline Amelia Clift; letter from Joshua Brookes to Nathan Pointer (1831?); 4 attendance cards for John W MacNee at lectures given by James Armour on Midwifery (1828), John Burns on Surgery (1827), the structure and diseases of the eye by William MacKenzie (1828), and lectures on anatomy by Robert Hunter (1826-1827); Invitation card from EM van Butchell to see the embalmed remains of his wife, and a transcribed letter by William Clift from EM van Butchell regarding the display of his wife's remains (1815); Various other Clift and Owen manuscripts.
Extent1 box
LanguageEnglish
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Related objectsMS0254
Persons keyword John Hunter, 1728-1793, surgeon, anatomist, Joshua Brookes, 1761-1833, anatomist, Jessie Dobson, 1906-1984, Curator of Hunterian Museum, William Owen, d 1886, son of Sir Richard Owen, Antonio Scarpa, 1747-1832, Italian anatomist, Eugenius Roche, 1780/1786-1829, journal editor, John Burns, 1774-1868, surgeon, William MacKenzie, 1791-1868, surgeon, Caroline Amelia Clift, 1801-1873, wife of Sir Richard Owen, Richard Startin Owen, c1898-c1916, clergyman, Richard Eskrigge, m 1725, great grandfather of Sir Richard Owen, Elizabeth Froysell, m 1725, great grandmother of Sir Richard Owen, Martin van Butchell, 1735-1812, eccentric dentist
