Smith, correspondence

This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Benjamin Leigh Smith / Correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1855-1882
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • 15 letters, 2 telegrams

Scope and Content

  • MS 640/1/1-10;D Letters (10) to father, November 1855 to February/March 1856 [Visits to Paris, Marseilles, Malta, Algiers, Genoa, Rome, Naples, Constantinople] 25 leaves, photocopies
  • MS 100/60/1-4;D Letters (4) to Hugh Robert Mill, 1892 to 1893 [Regarding British whaling expeditions, 1892 to 1893] 4 leaves, holograph
  • MS 300/11;D Telegram to sister, 21 August 1882 [Aberdeen]
  • MS 300/10;D Telegram (copy) to General Ludlow (brother in law), 8 August 1882 [From Aberdeen] holograph
  • MS 301/15;D Letter (draft) to unknown correspondent [1880] [Regarding discoveries] holograph

Administrative / Biographical History

The correspondence comprises of letters describing visits to various European cities and Arctic exploration

Arrangement

The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by recipient