BIB_ID
106226
Accession number
MA 3325.6
Creator
Feilden, H. W. (Henry Wemyss), 1838-1921.
Display Date
1913 Jan 3.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1975.
Description
1 item (8 p.), bound ; 17.8 cm
Notes
John White, brother of naturalist Gilbert White of Selborne, was a military chaplain at Gibraltar for sixteen years from 1756 to 1772.
Part of a collection of correspondence to William Herbert Mullens, concerning the publication of "The Introduction to Fauna Calpensis (A Natural History of Gibraltar and Southern Spain)" by John White and edited by W.H. Mullens. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "Rampyndene, / Burwash, / Sussex;" and also "Station, / Etchingham, / S.E.&C. RY."
Part of a collection of correspondence to William Herbert Mullens, concerning the publication of "The Introduction to Fauna Calpensis (A Natural History of Gibraltar and Southern Spain)" by John White and edited by W.H. Mullens. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "Rampyndene, / Burwash, / Sussex;" and also "Station, / Etchingham, / S.E.&C. RY."
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin in 1975.
Summary
Thanking him for the copy of "The Introduction to Fauna Calpensis" and saying how difficult it is to accept that the manuscript is missing; discussing his family and his regrets that he hadn't asked about the manuscript; relating a bit of history of the town of Blackburn and his family connection to it.
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