Smyth, William Henry, (1788-1865), Admiral, scientist and antiquary

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Surname:	Smyth
Forenames:	William Henry
Gender:	Male
Date:	1788-1865
Biography:	ODNB link for Smyth, William Henry (1788-1865) Admiral Scientist Antiquary
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P128621 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P26622 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1827-64: corresp and papers (86 items)	American Philosophical Society Library		See NUC MS 76-948
2	1827-64: corresp (127 items) incl letters to his wife	American Philosophical Society Library		See R Morriss, Guide to British Naval Papers in North America (1994)
3	1829-37: naval MSS (3 vols)	National Library of New Zealand: Alexander Turnbull Library	qMS 1829-37
4	corresp and papers	Royal Astronomical Society Library	MSS Hartwell	See Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978
5	1845-62: misc papers	Royal Geographical Society	WHS
6	1837-62: letters to Charles Babbage	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 37190-201 passim
7	1830: letters from George Dolland	Lambeth Palace Library	MS 2878
8	1848-53: letters (10) to James Halliwell-Phillipps	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	Coll/103
9	corresp with Sir John Herschel (161 items)	Royal Society	HS	NRA 8803
10	1844-52: letters (19) to TJ Pettigrew	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library		NRA 18661 Osborn coll
11	1845-60: letters (15) to Sir John Phillippart	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	AGC/S/8	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
12	1841-62: corresp with Sir Thomas Phillipps	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Phillipps-Robinson	NRA 26260
13	1829-62: letters to Royal Astronomical Society	Royal Astronomical Society Library	RAS letters	See Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978
14	1845-62: letters (139) to Royal Geographical Society	Royal Geographical Society	RGS/CB	See RGS Archives p102
15	1845-54: letters (24) to Richard Sheepshanks	Royal Astronomical Society Library	MSS Sheepshanks	See Memoirs of Royal Astronomical Society vol 85 1978
16	1834-48: letters to Mary Somerville	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	NRAS191	NRA 9423