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Contains 27 Results:

Letter from C. W. Shepherd to “My dear Father”, May 4, 1862

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Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents

Addressed from Reyk[j]avik. Mentions traveling.

Dates: May 4, 1862
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6869, Charles William Shepherd archive of voyages to Iceland / Series I. Correspondence

Letter from C. W. Shepherd to “My dear Father”, May 5, 1862

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Identifier: Item 5
Scope and Contents

Mentions leaving from Reyk[j]avik that morning and traveling in Iceland.

Dates: May 5, 1862
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6869, Charles William Shepherd archive of voyages to Iceland / Series I. Correspondence

Letter from C. W. Shepherd to “My dear Father”, May, 25, 1862

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Identifier: Item 6
Scope and Contents

Addressed from Thingnefs. Mentions the rain and snow of Iceland, continues discussion of travel.

Dates: May, 25, 1862
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6869, Charles William Shepherd archive of voyages to Iceland / Series I. Correspondence

Letter "Accepted by Mr. Shepherd", May 28, 1862

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Identifier: Item 7
Scope and Contents

Mentions finances.

Dates: May 28, 1862
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6869, Charles William Shepherd archive of voyages to Iceland / Series I. Correspondence

Letter from James Retcher to "My dear Shepherd", August 25, 1862

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Identifier: Item 8
Scope and Contents

Addressed from Peterhead (presumably Scotland). Mentions a hurried message and difficulties with the post and travel.

Dates: August 25, 1862
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6869, Charles William Shepherd archive of voyages to Iceland / Series I. Correspondence

Letter from O. V. Gislason to "My dear friend", April 24, 1864

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Identifier: Item 9
Scope and Contents

Addressed from Iceland. Mentions working on translating texts into Icelandic, asks for assistance to travel to England.

Dates: April 24, 1864
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6869, Charles William Shepherd archive of voyages to Iceland / Series I. Correspondence

Letter from the Royal Geographical Society, March 19, 1867

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Identifier: Item 10
Scope and Contents

Documents the receiving of The North-West Peninsula of Iceland and giving thanks for its donation to the Society.

Dates: March 19, 1867
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6869, Charles William Shepherd archive of voyages to Iceland / Series I. Correspondence

Letter from the Zoological Society of London, March 21, 1867

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Identifier: Item 11
Scope and Contents

Gives thanks for the gift of The North-West Peninsula of Iceland to the library.

Dates: March 21, 1867
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6869, Charles William Shepherd archive of voyages to Iceland / Series I. Correspondence

Letter from W. M. James to “My dear Shepherd", April 9, 1868

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Identifier: Item 12
Scope and Contents

Addressed from Fürstenbad. Discusses Shepherd’s book (The North-West Peninsula of Iceland).

Dates: April 9, 1868
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6869, Charles William Shepherd archive of voyages to Iceland / Series I. Correspondence

Letter to Cheriton Bickley Kent from Kenny Mac Cormac, July 21, 1870

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Identifier: Item 13
Scope and Contents

Discusses welding and mentions working in Iceland.

Dates: July 21, 1870
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / 6869, Charles William Shepherd archive of voyages to Iceland / Series I. Correspondence

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