Finding aid for the Charles Fellows correspondence, 1820-1879 (bulk 1839-1852) 970014
Jocelyn Gibbs
Special Collections
1998
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Los Angeles 90049-1688
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Charles Fellows correspondence
Creator:
Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877
Creator:
Fellows, Charles, Sir, 1799-1860
Creator:
Hamilton, William John, 1805-1867
Creator:
Forshall, Josiah, 1795-1863
Creator:
Hawkins, Edward, 1780-1867
Creator:
Hammer-Purgstall, Joseph, Freiherr von, 1774-1856
Creator:
Leake, William Martin, 1777-1860
Creator:
Hesketh, Robert, (Architect)
Identifier/Call Number: 970014
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
(ca. 276 items)
Date (inclusive): 1820-1879 (bulk 1839-1852)
Date (bulk): 1839-1852
Abstract: Autograph letters, drafts of letters, notes, and inventories written and received by the British archaeologist Sir Charles
Fellows. Fellows's letters include detailed descriptions of his archaeological expeditions to Lycia, and Xanthus in particular,
with references to the Harpy Tomb and the Nereid Monument which were acquired by the British Museum.
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Language of Material: Collection material is in English with some documents in French, Italian, and Turkish.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Charles Fellows correspondence consists of autograph letters, drafts of letters, notes, and inventories written and received
by the British archaeologist. Fellows's letters include detailed descriptions of his archaeological expeditions to Lycia,
and Xanthus in particular, with references to the Harpy Tomb and the Nereid Monument which were acquired by the British Museum.
The letters and documents primarily date from 1820 to 1879 with the bulk dating from 1839 to 1852, but there are also files
of undated letters and notes.
Fellows's letters and notes, several written from Asia Minor, detail his expeditions, the attempt to obtain permission to
ship architectural remnants and sculptures from Xanthus to London, travel arrangements, discussions with other scholars, and
arrangements with his creditors. Some letters provide an exchange of information about language and wildlife, especially birds
and insects, in Asia Minor. There are inventories itemizing the sculptures, building fragments, and objects excavated from
archeological sites. Lists of accounts and letters reflect cash spent on salaries and equipment during his expeditions, as
well as the bookbinding costs and book sales of Fellows's publications in London, most of which were issued by the publisher
John Murray.
Letters to and from Fellows, dated after 1842, reflect his dispute with the Trustees of the British Museum over the display
of the Xanthus marbles at the museum. He argued for an arrangement based on scholarly principles and against the exhibition
design by the sculptor Sir Richard Westmacott. There are letters from and to staff and associates of the British Museum, including
Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian; Josiah Forshall, Secretary; William Hamilton, Trustee; Edward Hawkins, Keeper of Antiquities;
Anthony Panizzi, Librarian; and John Payne Collier, Secretary of the Royal Commission on the British Museum.
Numerous letters from Fellows are drafts and are addressed to unidentified recipients. Fellows corresponded with the English
naturalist Edward Forbes, the Austrian orientalist Joseph, Baron von Hammer-Purgstall, the architect Robert Hesketh, who accompanied
him to Xanthus, the topographer William Martin Leake, and the photographer William Henry Fox Talbot. Letters to and/or from
other experts, scholars, and diplomats include: Charles Bankhead, British Embassy, Pera; John Barlow, Royal Institution; Aleksander
Chodźko; Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, Royal Museum, Berlin; John Edward Gray; Major Rohde Hawkins; Robert H. Inglis;
Christian Lassen; Frank Pearson; Robert Peel; Ambrose Poynter, Royal Institute of British Architects; Désiré Raoul-Rochette,
Bibliothèque royale, Paris; and Daniel Sharpe.
Sir Charles Fellow died in 1860. Letters dated after 1859 were likely sent to his second wife, Harriet Fellows, whom he married
in 1848, and who bequested a collection of watches to the British Museum. One letter received by Lady Fellows is from John
Charles Robinson, Secretary, Fine Arts Club, London; another is from the Prince of Leiningen.
Arrangement note
The letters and documents are arranged chronologically with undated items filed at the end.
Biographical/Historical Note
Sir Charles Fellows (1799-1860) was an English explorer and archaeologist, best known for his expeditions in Asia Minor, especially
in the district of ancient Lycia, in present-day Türkiye (Turkey). His first journey to this area in 1838 led to the exploration
of ruins in the ancient town of Xanthus. The publication in 1839 of his journal of this expedition aroused great interest,
particularly at the British Museum, which requested that he bring artifacts back to England on subsequent voyages. The museum
helped arrange a royal decree or firman from the Sultan to enable Fellows to claim Lycian architectural remnants and sculptures.
The firman was obtained in 1842 while Fellows was on his third expedition to the area. At the end of that year he shipped
78 cases of architectural remains and sculptures from Xanthus to the British Museum. In 1844, he extracted an additional 27
cases of artifacts.
Eventually, Fellows's relationship with the British Museum Trustees changed from one of mutual support to a battle over the
design of the display of the Xanthian marbles. Fellows argued that the artifacts should be arranged according to scholarly
principles, and bitterly criticized the display the sculptor Sir Richard Westmacott produced for the museum, which favored
a picturesque effect.
Fellows published several accounts of his travels and discoveries in Lycia. In his publication
The Xanthian Marbles (London: John Murray, 1843), he sought to correct what he viewed as mistaken rumors or accounts related to his acquisition
of the marbles. His other publications include
The Inscribed Monument at Xanthus (1842),
An Account of Discoveries in Lycia (1841), and his first,
A Journal Written during an Excursion in Asia Minor 1838 (1839).
Alternate Form
Also available in the repository on microfilm.
Processing History
Jocelyn Gibbs processed, arranged, cataloged the archive and wrote this finding aid. The archive was microfilmed by the repository
and a copy of the microfilm was given to the British Museum.
Acquisition Information
The archive was acquired at Christie's auction, London, November 27, 1996. One letter, from Fellows to Désiré Raoul-Rochette
and dated 1843, was acquired separately in 1985 (Special Collections accn. no. 850423) and transferred to this collection.
Preferred Citation
Charles Fellows correspondence, 1820-1879, bulk 1839-1852, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 970014
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa970014
Publication Rights
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Digitized Materials
The archive was digitized in 2021 and is available online at:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/970014.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Turkey -- Antiquities
Correspondence
Xanthos (Extinct city)
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Turkey -- Xanthos (Extinct city)
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Turkey -- Lycia
Sculpture, Ancient -- Turkey
Art -- Exhibition techniques
Archaeologists -- England -- Correspondence.
British Museum
Fellows, Charles, Sir, 1799-1860
Westmacott, Richard, Sir
Correspondence, Series I.
1820-1879, undated
Correspondence (digitized version): 1820-1879, undated
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
1 box
Scope and Contents
The archive was digitized and made available online at:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/970014.
box 1, folder 1
Letter signed "W. S.,"
1820 September 13
box 1, folder 1
Envelope addressed to Charles Fellows,
1827 November 4
box 1, folder 1
Envelope addressed to Charles Fellows,
1827 December 6
box 1, folder 2
Signed affidavit regarding Reverend Chauncy, Vicar of St. Paul's Walden in the county of Hertford and diocese of London,
1830 April 10
box 1, folder 2
Letter from Henry D. Gilphin, Philadelphia,
1831 (?) July 21
box 1, folder 2
Envelope addressed to Charles Fellows,
1831 December 21
box 1, folder 2
Letter to Signore Giuliano Cataldi, Genova, on behalf of Charles Fellows,
1833 July 24
box 1, folder 2
Letter from Thomas L. Donaldson, Royal Institute of British Architects,
1838 December 7
box 1, folder 3
Letter from Arthur Barron,
1839 February 12
box 1, folder 3
Letter from Edward Hawkins, Keeper of Antiquities, British Museum,
1839 April
box 1, folder 3
Letter from Arrowsmith (?),
1839 April 12
box 1, folder 3
Letters from John Washington,
1839 April 13, undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 1, folder 3
Letter from James Yates,
1839 May 29
box 1, folder 3
Letter from Edward Hawkins, London, to Charles Fellows, Rome,
1839 November 20
box 1, folder 3
Copy of letter from Charles Fellows, Rome, to Robert Hesketh, architect,
1839 December 24
box 1, Folder 3
Letter from Robert Hesketh to Charles Fellows,
1839 December 27
box 1, folder 3
List of places in Asia Minor,
1839
Physical Description:
6 Sheets
box 1, folder 3
Letter and list of subscribers supporting Charles Fellows's expedition,
1839 October 21-1841 October 15
box 1, folder 4
"True copy" of letter from Lord Ponsonby,
1840 March 7
Scope and Contents note
Letter published in
The Xanthian Marbles, 1843, p. 2-3.
box 1, folder 4
Letter from Monson, London,
1840 July 5
box 1, folder 4
Drafts of two letters from Charles Fellows,
1840 September 3-1840 September 4
Physical Description:
2 letters
(1 sheet)
box 1, folder 4
Copy of letter from Charles Fellows to John Murray, publisher,
1840 October 4
box 1, Folder 4
Copy of letter from Charles Fellows,
[1840] October 12
box 1, folder 4
Letter from Samuel Birch,
1840 October 10
box 1, folder 4
Letter from William Henry Fox Talbot, London,
1840 November 17
box 1, folder 4
Copies of letters from Charles Fellows to Robert Hesketh,
1840 November 21-1840 November 24
Physical Description:
4 letters
(4 sheets)
box 1, folder 4
Letter from Daniel Sharpe,
1840 November 24
box 1, folder 4
Letter from Robert Hesketh,
1840 December 2
box 1, folder 4
Letter from Joseph, Baron von Hammer-Purgstall, Vienna,
1840 December 21
box 1, folder 5
Letters from David Don, Linnean Society Librarian,
1841 February 9-1841 February 20
Physical Description:
3 letters
(3 sheets)
box 1, folder 5
Letters from Daniel Sharpe, Adelphi,
1841 April 25-1841 May 4, undated
Physical Description:
3 letters
(3 sheets)
Scope and Contents note
Two letters are dated 1841 April 25 and 1841 May 4. A third from 1841 is from an unidentified month.
box 1, folder 5
Drafts of letters from Charles Fellows,
1841 May 29, undated
Physical Description:
2 letters
(2 sheets)
box 1, folder 5
Letters from William Hamilton to Charles Fellows, Xanthus,
1841 June 7-1841 June 8
Physical Description:
2 letters
(2 sheets, 1 envelope)
Scope and Contents
William Hamilton was a Trustee of the British Museum.
box 1, folder 5
Letters from Hermann Wiener,
1841 June 2-1841 June 24
Physical Description:
7 letters
(7 sheets)
Scope and Contents
Five letters by Hermann Wiener, which are dated 1841 June 2, 1841 June 8, 1841 June 15, 1841 June 21, 1841 June 24. Two sheets
appear to be draft letters by Sir Charles Fellows.
box 1, folder 5
Letter from Josiah Forshall, Secretary, British Museum,
1841 June 9
box 1, folder 5
Letter from Josiah Forshall,
1841 July 13
Scope and Contents note
Letter marked "Private."
box 1, folder 5
Letter from William Hamilton,
1841 September 9
box 1, folder 5
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows : fragment,
1841 October
box 1, folder 5
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows to the Trustees of the British Museum,
1841 October 12
Scope and Contents note
Letter published in
The Xanthian Marbles, 1843, p. 4.
box 1, folder 5
Letter from Josiah Forshall, Secretary, British Museum,
1841 October 15
box 1, folder 5
Copy of letter from Charles Fellows to Charles Bankhead of the British Embassy, Pera,
1841 November 21
box 1, Folder 5
Letter from Charles Bankhead to Charles Fellows,
1841 November 23
box 1, folder 5
Letter from Robert Hesketh,
1841 November 23
box 1, folder 5
Copy of letter from Charles Fellows, Beeston Fields, to Frank Pearson,
1841 December 16
box 1, folder 5
Copy of letter from Donat & Co., London, to Jacob van Lennep Co., Smyrna,
1841 December 27
Scope and Contents
Notated "Fellows" with further notations from 5 April 1842.
box 1, folder 5
Charles Fellows expenses,
1841
Physical Description:
2 Sheets
box 1, folder 6
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows to Thomas Graves, Captain of the
HMBS Beacon,
1842 January 17
box 1, folder 6
Letter from Thomas Graves, Captain of the
HMBS Beacon, to Charles Fellows, Xanthus,
1842 January 21
box 1, folder 6
Letters from Jacob van Lennep Co., Smyrna, to Charles Fellows,
HMBS Beacon,
1842 January 28, 1842 February 16
Physical Description:
2 letters
box 1, folder 6
Letters from Thomas Graves, Captain of the
HMBS Beacon, Macri, to Charles Fellows, Xanthus,
1842 February 3-1842 February 15
Physical Description:
4 letters
(4 sheets)
Scope and Contents
Letters are dated 1842 February 3, 1842 February 6, 1842 February 14, 1842 February 15.
box 1, folder 6
Copy of letter from Charles Fellows,
1842 February 28
box 1, folder 6
Letter, Malta,
1842 March 11
box 1, folder 6
Letter from Thomas Mason, Admiralty House, Malta,
1842 March 11
box 1, folder 6
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows,
1842 March 14
box 1, folder 6
Draft of letter or notes from Charles Fellows,
1842 April 1
box 1, folder 6
Letter from Edward Hawkins, British Museum, to Charles Fellows, Paris,
1842 April 6
box 1, folder 6
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows to the Editor of
The Times relating to the Xanthian expedition,
1842 May 6
box 1, folder 6
Letter from Samuel Sharpe, Highbury,
1842 September 19
box 1, folder 6
Letter from Major Rohde Hawkins, son of Edward Hawkins, to Charles Fellows relating to the Firman,
[1842]
Scope and Contents note
Hawkins informs Fellows that "the Firman is got." Undated letter.
box 1, folder 7
Copy of letter from Josiah Forshall, British Museum, to the Honorary Sidney Herbert,
1843 March 15
box 1, folder 7
Letter from John W. Power, Engineers Department, Dublin,
1843 March 14
box 1, folder 7
Letter from J. Buckingham (?), Regents Park,
1843 March 24
box 1, folder 7
Letter from Edward Hawkins,
1843 April 29
box 1, folder 7
Letter from Josiah Forshall, Secretary, British Museum,
1843 June 1
box 1, folder 7
Letter from Josiah Forshall, Secretary, British Museum,
1843 June 15
box 1, folder 7
Letter from John Dickinson, London,
1843 July 18
box 1, folder 7
Letter from Josiah Forshall, Secretary, British Museum,
1843 August 1
box 1, folder 7
Copy of letter from Charles Fellows, Hôtel Bedford, to Désiré Raoul-Rochette, Bibliothèque royale, Paris,
1843 August 8
box 1, folder 7
Letter from Edward Hawkins,
1843 September 1
box 1, folder 7
Letter from Admiral Edward Owen,
1843 October 11
box 1, folder 7
Accounts from Charles Fellows to G. Dansford,
1843 October 18
box 1, folder 7
Letter from Jacob van Lennep Co., Smyrna,
1843 December 28
Scope and Contents
Letter discusses financial accounting.
box 1, folder 7
Cash account of the Xanthian expedition,
1843-1845
Physical Description:
4 Sheets
box 1, folder 8
Letter from Wardell (?),
HMS Medea, Malta, to Charles Fellows,
1844 May 5
box 1, folder 8
Letter from Aleksander Chodźko, Paris,
1844 May 19
Scope and Contents note
Letter in French and signed "Alexandre Chodzko."
box 1, folder 8
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows,
1844 July (?) 10
box 1, folder 8
Letter from John Barlow, Royal Institution, London,
1844 July 16
box 1, folder 8
Letter from John Parker, London,
1844 July 22
box 1, folder 8
Letter from Josiah Forshall, Secretary, British Museum,
1844 July 25
box 1, folder 8
Letter from Josiah Forshall, Secretary, British Museum,
1844 August 2
box 1, folder 8
Note from Charles Fellows relating to finances,
1844 September 24
box 1, folder 8
Letter from E. Renals, Secretary, Committee of the Northern Mechanics Institution,
1844 October 2
box 1, folder 8
Letter from J. Buckingham,
1844 October 9
box 1, folder 8
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows to the Royal Institution,
1844 October 10
box 1, folder 8
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows,
1844 November 8
Scope and Contents note
Letter includes insert on which two words are written in Persian and English scripts ("Schachnamie").
box 1, folder 8
Letter from G.R. Lockwell, Hampstead,
1844 December 26
box 1, folder 8
Letter from William Hamilton,
1844 December 26
box 1, folder 8
Letters from H. Braubeck (?), Athens, to Charles Fellows, Xanthus,
1844 March 8, 1844 March 12
Physical Description:
2 letters
(2 sheets)
box 1, folder 8
Financial accounts,
1844 and undated
Physical Description:
5 Sheets
box 1, folder 8
Cash accounts,
1844
Physical Description:
3 Sheets
box 1, folder 9
Letter from Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, Royal Museum, Berlin,
1845 January 21
box 1, folder 9
Letter from Ambrose Poynter, Royal Institute of British Architects,
1845 February 9
box 1, folder 9
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows,
1845 February 9
box 1, folder 9
Letter from Clyde relating to Charles Fellows's bookbinding account,
1845 Feb 10
box 1, folder 9
Letter from Clyde for R.J.E. Taylor regarding book sales accounts,
1845 February 10
box 1, folder 9
Letter from C.H. (?) Turner,
1845 March 22
box 1, folder 9
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows to Robert Peel,
1845 May 2
box 1, folder 9
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows to the British Museum,
1845 May 20
box 1, folder 9
Letter from Josiah Forshall, Secretary, British Museum,
1845 June 25
box 1, folder 9
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows,
1845 Aug 1
box 1, folder 9
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows to the Trustees of the British Museum,
1845
box 1, folder 10
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows,
1846 August (?) 22
box 1, folder 10
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows,
1846 September 14
box 1, folder 10
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows,
1846 September 22
box 1, folder 10
Letter from Josiah Forshall, Secretary, British Museum,
1846 September 22
box 1, folder 10
Letter from Josiah Forshall, Secretary, British Museum,
1846 September 26
box 1, folder 11
Draft of letter and notes from Charles Fellows,
1847 February 2
Physical Description:
3 Sheets
(5 pages)
box 1, folder 11
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows,
1847 February 3
box 1, folder 11
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows to Robert Peel,
1847 February 4
Physical Description:
2 Sheets
(6 pages)
box 1, folder 11
Letter from Josiah Forshall, Secretary, British Museum,
1847 February 6
box 1, folder 11
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows,
1847 February 8
box 1, folder 11
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows,
1847 April (?) 1
box 1, folder 11
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows,
1847 June 5
box 1, folder 11
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows to Robert Peel,
1847 June 11
box 1, folder 11
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows to Josiah Forshall, Secretary, British Museum,
1847 June 22
box 1, folder 11
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows to Edward Forbes,
1847 June (?) 23
box 1, folder 11
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows,
1847 July 10
box 1, folder 11
Letter from Anthony Panizzi, British Museum,
1847 (?) October 14
Scope and Contents note
Anthony Panizzi was also known as Sir Antonio Genesio Maria Panizzi.
box 1, folder 11
Copy of letter from Charles Fellows to Josiah Forshall, Secretary, British Museum,
1847 November 13
Physical Description:
1 Sheets
(1 page) ; 1 envelope
box 1, folder 12
Letter from John Payne Collier, Secretary, Royal Commission on the British Museum,
1848 February 18
box 1, folder 12
Letter from John Payne Collier, Secretary, Royal Commission on the British Museum,
1848 February 18
Scope and Contents
Note of a "private kind" relating to the Lycian Marbles from Xanthus.
box 1, folder 12
Letter from John Payne Collier, Secretary, Royal Commission on the British Museum,
1848 March 7
box 1, folder 12
Letter from John Payne Collier, Secretary, Royal Commission on the British Museum,
1848 March 14
box 1, folder 12
Letter from John Edward Gray,
1848 August 28
box 1, folder 12
Letter from Daniel Sharpe,
1848 August 29
box 1, folder 12
Letter from Charles Fellows,
1848 August 29
box 1, folder 13
Letter from W. Sandford, Paris,
1849 February 26
box 1, folder 13
Letter from Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard Gerhard, Royal Museum, Berlin,
1850
box 1, folder 13
Letter from Edward Falkener,
1850 April 6
box 1, folder 13
Letter from William Henry Smyth,
1850 May 4
box 1, folder 13
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows,
1850 July 17
box 1, folder 13
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows,
1850 November 18
box 1, folder 13
Letter regarding Gustaf Daniel Lorichs at Madrid,
1851 December 10
Scope and Contents
Signature "Owen Jones?"
box 1, folder 13
Letter from Robert H. Inglis,
1852 May 3
Scope and Contents
Letter marked "Private."
box 1, folder 13
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows to Robert H. Inglis,
1852 May 8
box 1, folder 13
Letter from Robert H. Inglis,
1852 May 24
box 1, folder 13
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows to Robert H. Inglis,
1852 May 29
box 1, folder 13
Letter from Robert H. Inglis,
1852 May 31
box 1, folder 13
Notes by Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian of the British Museum, relating to the Lycian Room,
1852 June 5
box 1, folder 13
Letter from Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian of the British Museum,
1852 June 17
box 1, folder 13
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows to Robert H. Inglis,
1852 November 1
box 1, folder 13
Draft of letter from Charles Fellows to Robert H. Inglis,
1852 November (?) 4
box 1, folder 13
Letter from Henry Ellis, Principal Librarian of the British Museum,
1852 November 10
Physical Description:
1 Sheets
(3 pages)
Scope and Contents note
On the third page of this sheet is also a copy of a letter from Fellows, dated 1852 November 11.
box 1, folder 13
Letter relating to the price assessment by John Murray, publisher, of Fellows's
Travels,
1852 December 8
Scope and Contents note
Letter with letterhead of "50, Albermarle Street, London" signed by "Rob. Cochs" (?).
box 1, folder 14
Letter from William Ramsay, Glasgow, relating to the
Ancient Coins of Lycia before the Reign of Alexander,
1855 August 4
box 1, folder 14
Letter from Augustin W. Langdon, Notting Hill,
1855 September 14
box 1, folder 14
Letter from Anthony Panizzi, Principal Librarian, British Museum,
1856 June 4
box 1, folder 14
Letter from Anthony Panizzi, Principal Librarian, British Museum,
1856 July 15
box 1, folder 14
Letter from Christian Lassen, Bonn,
1856 July 26
box 1, folder 14
Letter from Count Brandenburg, London,
1856 August 5
box 1, folder 14
Letter from Christian Lassen, Bonn,
1856 September 24
box 1, folder 14
List by J.S. Smallfield of the copies of books by Charles Fellows that are in stock at the Printing Office, Lincoln's Inn
Fields,
1859 June 27
Scope and Contents note
Regarding sales of Fellows's books and stock on hand.
box 1, folder 14
Note relating to book sales accounts on letterhead of John Murray, publisher, London,
1859 July 21
box 1, folder 14
Letter from J.S. Smallfield, Printing Office, Lincoln's Inn Fields, relating to book sales accounts,
1859 August 9
box 1, folder 14
Letter from John Charles Robinson, Secretary, Fine Arts Club, London, to Lady Harriet Fellows,
1867 or 1869 July 4
box 1, folder 15
Letter from Sir Michael Hicks Beach,
1874 April 30
Scope and Contents
Letter on funerary paper with "Irish Office" blind stamp.
box 1, folder 15
Thank you letter from William P. Phillimore of The Subscription Library, Nottingham, for the reception of
Asia Minor & Lycia,
Lycian Coins, and three pamphlets on Xanthus,
1876 May 1
box 1, folder 15
Letter from E. Nottingham,
1879 March 4
Physical Description:
1 Sheets
(2 pages) ; 1 envelope
box 1, folder 16
Undated letters and notes from Charles Fellows
Scope and Contents note
The notes and letters are primarily drafts and include fragments.
box 1, folder 16
Letter from Charles Fellows to Edward Forbes
box 1, folder 16
Letter from Charles Fellows to W.H. Parker
Physical Description:
2 items
Scope and Contents note
Letter includes on a separate sheet a needle and red thread in reference to the name of the founder Eaglesfield (aiguille
fil).
box 1, folder 16
Letter from Charles Fellows, Xanthus, to F.G. Wilkinson
9 February
box 1, folder 16
Drafts of letter and notes from Charles Fellows
Physical Description:
29 items
box 1, folder 17
Undated letters to Charles Fellows
box 1, folder 17
The Athenaeum
Scope and Contents
Acknowledgment for the receipt of "Lycia, Caria, Lydia. Drawings by G. Scharf described by Sir Charles Fellows."
box 1, folder 17
Birch, Samuel
Scope and Contents
Letter relating to the visit of the Crown Prince of Prussia to see the Lycian Marbles at the British Museum.
box 1, folder 17
Browne
Scope and Contents
Note to Charles Fellows relating to proofs received from a printer and attempts at lithographing, signed "Browne," i.e. Hablôt
Knight Browne?
box 1, folder 17
Coby or Cobey
Physical Description:
2 letters
(2 sheets)
Scope and Contents
One letter in English relates the visit of Daniel Sharpe, the other in French mentions the sender's trip to Germany.
box 1, folder 17
Forshall, Josiah
Physical Description:
2 letters
(2 sheets)
box 1, folder 17
Gibson, Benjamin
Physical Description:
2 Sheets
Scope and Contents note
Letter from Benjamin Gibson with extract of Gibson's letter in the handwriting of Charles Fellows.
box 1, folder 17
Leake, William Martin
Physical Description:
2 letters
(2 sheets)
box 1, folder 17
Leiningen, Prince of
Scope and Contents
The letter relates to the requirements made by the Prince of Leiningen regarding repairs and improvements on the house at
No. 5 used by the Prince of Leiningen, the Princess of Leiningen, their baby daughter, and servants.
box 1, folder 17
Milligen, J.
Physical Description:
2 letters
(2 sheets)
Scope and Contents
The two letters mention the stay that Charles Fellows is making in Florence and are addressed to Fellows at the Hôtel du Nord.
box 1, folder 17
Oculli, Francesco
Scope and Contents
Letter of invitation: "Stimatissimore Signore / La Sua Eccellenza Nedgib Pascha vi invita di favorire domani verso le 3 all
Turca da lui. / il vostro / servo Francesco Oculli."
box 1, folder 17
Taylor, Richard
Physical Description:
2 letters
(2 sheets)
Scope and Contents note
The first letter relates to the introduction that W. Landseer would like to receive to Charles Fellows because of his interest
in inscriptions and antiquities. The second letter relates to accounts and a bill by John Murray, publisher.
box 1, folder 18
Unidentified letters and notes
box 1, folder 18
Letters to Fellows
Physical Description:
2 letters
(2 sheets)
Scope and Contents note
Two letters including one on Her Majesty's Post Master General stationery.
box 1, folder 18
Fragment
Scope and Contents note
Sheet with annotation "Lycian Coins."
box 1, folder 18
Envelope addressed to Charles Fellows
Scope and Contents note
Envelope with wax seal and small pencil drawing.
box 1, folder 19
Undated inventories and financial accounts
Scope and Contents note
The documents consist of inventories of tools and equipment, lists of workmen, inventories of archeological artifacts, lists
of place names and other documents regarding expeditions.
box 1, folder 19
Inventory of sculpture, objects, building fragments
Physical Description:
1 Sheets
box 1, folder 19
"A list of the working men employed at Xanthus"
Physical Description:
1 Sheets
box 1, folder 19
"List of men's names working on shore"
Physical Description:
1 Sheets
box 1, folder 19
Inventory of tools
Physical Description:
1 Sheets
Scope and Contents note
List of tools including pick axes, shovels, crow bars, screw sacks, stone cutting blades, grind stone, nails, brushes, and
spades.
box 1, folder 19
List of measurements
Physical Description:
2 Sheets
Scope and Contents note
Appears to be measurements for shipping cases.
box 1, folder 19
List of place names
Physical Description:
1 Sheets
Scope and Contents note
List of places in three columns with names in the first column, such as Smyrna, and in the second column the Turkish pronunciation
and in the third column the meaning.
box 1, folder 19
Contents of portfolio
Physical Description:
3 Sheets
Scope and Contents
Two sheets labeled "Contents of large portfolio" numbered 1 to 43 list drawings on Xanthus. One sheet is labeled "Contents
of the small portfolio."
box 1, folder 19
List of expenses
Physical Description:
1 Sheets
Scope and Contents note
The list, which was written by Fellows, relates to wages and equipment.
box 1, folder 19
Receipt between Fellows and Admiral Martin (?)
Physical Description:
1 Sheets
box 1, folder 19
List in Turkish
Physical Description:
1 Sheets
Scope and Contents note
With numbers, handwritten in pencil.
box 1, folder 20
Fragments
Physical Description:
3 Sheets
(fragments)
box 1, folder 20
Sheet with five letter fragments
Scope and Contents note
The autographs, which were torn from letters, are pasted onto one sheet.
