BIB_ID
103691
Accession number
MA 22950.1-2
Creator
Fox, George Townshend, 1781-1848.
Display Date
Buxton Crescent and Matlock Bath, England, 1827 May 2 and May 16.
Credit line
Gift of The Fellows, 1964.
Description
2 items (5 pages, with address) ; 21.8 x 18.0 and 21.6 x 18.7 cm
Notes
MA 22950.2, dated May 16, 1827 has an address panel with postmarks "John Adamson Esq're / Will's Coffee House / Serle Street / London."
Formerly accessioned as MA 2372 and acquired in 1964 as part of a large collection of correspondence of James Audubon.
Formerly accessioned as MA 2372 and acquired in 1964 as part of a large collection of correspondence of James Audubon.
Provenance
Gift of The Fellows, 1964.
Summary
Asking, in the letter dated May 2, if he would act as his proxy and present his paper and exhibit the birds to the Linnaean Society in his name as he is not well enough to attend; setting forth a plan for him in London and telling him where to find the birds; relating, in the letter dated May 16, his communication with Mr. Vigors for the exhibition of the birds at the Linnaean Society and possibly also at the Zoological Society; discussing the expenses involved; adding that he expects his book will likely have a slow sale but hopes that people in Newcastle will buy it even if not many Londoners will purchase it; expressing his hope that Adamson might see "Mr. Yarrell's Collection of Birds & Eggs - He is a most respectable man, & will receive you kindly, as he did me."
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