Letters of and to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald mostly concerning his work 'A New System of Telegraphy', but also others of his publications, and with some personal papers.
File
Identifier: MSS.50698-50699
Dates
- Creation: 1791-1826
Creator
Language of Materials
Papers mostly in English, with one letter in French and one in Spanish
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
2 Folders
Custodial History
Accessioned by the Library as Acc.10856.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1993, Michael Hicks Beach, London.
Separated Materials
British Library.
Maps and plans of the west coast of Sumatra.
Letters to the Earl of Liverpool: Add.MSS.38249-38295, 38410, 38574, passim.
Devon Records Office.
Letter book concerning Sumatra, London and Exeter.
Bibliography
Macdonald, John.
'A treatise on telegraphic communication, naval, military, and political.' (London: T Egerton, printer, 1808.) Dedicated to Lord Hawkesbury.
'A treatise explanatory of a new system of naval, military and political telegraphic communication of general application, in which a comprehensive numerical dictionary, [...] is applied'. (London: T. Egerton, 1817.)
'Memoir of Lieut.-Col. John Macdonald, F.R.S, M.R.A.S, [etc.], [etc., [etc.]'. (London: Printed by J.L. Cox and Son, 1831.)
'A treatise on telegraphic communication, naval, military, and political.' (London: T Egerton, printer, 1808.) Dedicated to Lord Hawkesbury.
'A treatise explanatory of a new system of naval, military and political telegraphic communication of general application, in which a comprehensive numerical dictionary, [...] is applied'. (London: T. Egerton, 1817.)
'Memoir of Lieut.-Col. John Macdonald, F.R.S, M.R.A.S, [etc.], [etc., [etc.]'. (London: Printed by J.L. Cox and Son, 1831.)
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- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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