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Henry Appleton Papers
Catalogue reference: APP
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This record is about the Henry Appleton Papers dating from c.1906.
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- APP
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Title (The name of the record)
- Henry Appleton Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- c.1906
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Description (What the record is about)
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Documents relating to Henry Appleton's Journey in Chinese Turkestan in 1906. Folder contains two botanical collecting notebooks on Pamir and [Tian Shan], 51 photographs, maps, diary extracts and other notes relating to the trip
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Directors Correspondence 161, folios 1-48
Directors Correspondence 207, folios 5-36
Specimens are held in Kew's herbarium
Directors Correspondence 201, folios 136-139
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Appleton, Henry (c.1855-1930)
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 folder
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Collection sent to Kew by Henry Appleton in October 1926, see Directors' Correspondence 207 folio 20
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Manscript papers Typescript papers Photographs
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Henry Appleton was a Lieutenant-Colonel with the Royal Engineers. He collected plants in Baluchistan c. 1884 and in Chinese Turkestan in 1906. He retired to Victoria, British Columbia.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/8518e14b-b1b1-4afd-a53e-f666275fdff1/
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Henry Appleton Papers