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Philippart, John: correspondence, 1846


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL289

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Philippart, John: correspondence, 1846

Date(s): 1845

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 2 items (4 leaves)

Name of creator(s): Philippart | John | 1784-1874 | military writer

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Philippart was born in London in 1784. He was educated at a military academy. In 1809 he became private secretary to John Baker Holroyd (later Earl of Sheffield) at the Board of Agriculture, and in 1911 he transferred to work at the War Office. Subsequently, he compiled many pamphlets and several reference books relating to the British Army. Philippart was actively involved in the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, serving as a Chancellor of the Order for 43 years and founding the West London hospital in Hammersmith. He was a Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and of two Swedish orders, and as such was sometimes called Sir John, although he was not knighted within the British honours system.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

2 letters sent from officers of the Sambre and Meuse Central Railway Company, London, to John Philippart, 1845. Describing developments and public interest in the Belgian railway and asking for Philippart's support as a member of the managements committee; an explanatory pamphlet accompanied the first letter. Both letters are autograph, with the signatures of company employees: (i) Osmund Lewis; (ii) G D Carvalho.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

See hard copy catalogue.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

See archivist

Immediate source of acquisition:

Found enclosed in A de Laveleye Sambre and Meuse Railway, central line (1845) - classmark: [G.L.] I1.845.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

A photostatic copy and a microfilm copy of the text are held by the University of Virginia.

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: July 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Railways | Transport infrastructure

Personal names
Philippart | John | 1784-1874 | military writer

Corporate names
Sambre and Meuse Central Railway Company

Places
Belgium | Western Europe | Europe