Catalogue description Richard Oldham 'Volume IV' This is the first of two volumes containing documents...

Richard Oldham 'Volume IV'

This is the first of two volumes containing documents relating to Richard Oldham who from 1861-1862 Collected plants for Kew in eastern Asia and India. It includes: copies of correspondence sent to William Hooker and John Smith at Kew (folios 1-48); Oldham's journal from 1 January 1862 to 31 January 1862 (folios 49-54) and from 23 January 1864 to 31 January 1864 (folios 59-62); a 'Narrative of a visit made to the Kouan Archipelago in HM Surveying Vessel 'Swallow' in the summer of 1863; with notices of the botany and agriculture of the islands visited' (folios 55-58); lists of the contents of specimen boxes sent to Kew (folios 63-73); lists of specimens obtained by Oldham and other Collectors written by Henry Fletcher Hance (folios 74-119, 124-162); and correspondence by Hance and Robert Swinhoe of the British Consulate in Taiwan relating to these lists (folios 120, 121, 122).

Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

Access conditions: Open on Transfer

• Asia
• Personal and family papers