BIB_ID
193041
Accession number
MA 4533
Creator
Carlingford, Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, Baron, 1823-1898.
Display Date
1875 August 16.
Credit line
Gift of Herbert Cahoon, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.2 cm
Notes
The letter is written from 7 C[arlton] Gardens.
Carlingford identifies the bookseller as "John Wilson of King William Street, lately of Gt. Russell Street, a most respectable & cultivated man, for whom I have a great regard."
Carlingford identifies the bookseller as "John Wilson of King William Street, lately of Gt. Russell Street, a most respectable & cultivated man, for whom I have a great regard."
Provenance
Gift of Herbert Cahoon, 1987.
Summary
Introducing bookseller John Wilson's son, a candidate for Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society; saying "He has a good knowledge of Arabick, Turkish, and Persian, especially the latter, and speaks French well. I shall be much obliged if you will consider his qualifications and if you should be able to support him it would gratify me very much. The father and son are most deserving men."
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