Kingsley, Charles (1819-1875)

  • Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875.
Date:
1849
Reference:
MS.3108
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Morning sermon on the Day of Humiliation for Cholera Oct. 5. 1849 [preached at] Eversley Church. Extracts for 'Soldiers Book'.

Author's holograph MS.

On the cover, written in pencil, 'Magnificent F.E.K. 12-/77'. These are the initials of Francis Eliza Kingsley [1814-1891], Charles Kingsley's wife and the daughter of Pascoe Grenfell MP (1761-1838).

Produced in Eversley.

Publication/Creation

1849

Physical description

1 volume 34 ll. 4to. 211/2 × 161/2 cm. Unbound. With numerous autograph corrections, some in pencil.

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Acquisition note

Purchased 1926.

Related material

At Wellcome Collection:

Letters by Kingsley are held as MS.8488 (general correspondence) and MS.5420 (letters to his friend Dr William Henry Ackland (c. 1825-1898), of Bideford, Devon). Kingsley also occurs as a correspondent in papers of Sir Richard Owen (MS.5786), George Rolleston (MS.6119) and Charles Lyell (MS.7878).

A letter by Kingsley's brother George Henry Kingsley (1827-1892), physician and author, in which he describes the literary circles to which Charles has introduced him, is held as MS.7838. Letters by his niece Mary Kingsley (1862-1900) are held as MS.8489.

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

Notes

The 'Extracts for Soldiers Book' probably refers to his 'True words for brave men', which was published and edited by his wife in 1878. It had been issued in pamphlet form during the Crimean War.

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  • 44353