Autograph manuscript of John Stuart Mill of a tour in Sussex in 1827.
A tour in the company of [George John] Graham and Grant, including Chichister, Arundel, Lewes, Seaford, Eastbourne, Battle Abbey, Knole and Hastings. The journal, in addition to topographical information, includes botanical details of 42 species of plant observed. A list of expenses incurred is included on the final folio.
John Stuart Mill (1806-73), economist and philosopher.
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Purchased for 7.10s from Holeyman and Treacher, 7 January 1954
Call number used to be ms1499
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Binding: paper with label. Paper: 18.4x22.1cm. Water stained.
Description compiled by Maia Sheridan, Archives Hub project archivist, based on material from the Manuscripts Database
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Formerly in the hands of Mr W H Graham, grandson of one of the tour party. Prior to 1920 it was sold to a London bookseller, James Tregaskis, who in turn sold it on to W H B Fletcher of Bognor Regis [19 July 1920] from whence it passed to Holeyman and Treacher, booksellers of Brighton, whose catalogue is enclosed in the original.
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Printed in The Worthing Parade, I, 1951, pp.157-190. A copy is kept with the manuscript.
