BIB_ID
196501
Accession number
MA 14460
Creator
Ford, Richard, 1796-1858, sender.
Display Date
London, England, 1851 March 26
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.8 x 11 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal: R.H. Major Esq / B Museum.
Richard Henry Major was curator of historical maps at the British Museum.
In pencil on first page at upper left: Richard Ford / the celebrated writer / on Spain.
Richard Henry Major was curator of historical maps at the British Museum.
In pencil on first page at upper left: Richard Ford / the celebrated writer / on Spain.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Writing to apologize for having kept some papers for so long and explaining that he has been too busy to read them; adding that he hopes to visit the British Museum again "to finish the little German book, which is quite a manual for the student of early travel."
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