BIB_ID
333893
Accession number
MA 3325.3
Creator
Whitaker, Joseph, 1850-1932.
Display Date
"Friday" [1913 Jan. 3]
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1975.
Description
1 item (4 p.), bound ; 17.7 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.
The letter is undated except for "Friday", however, given it's placement in the collection relative to the other letters and with respect to its contents, it is most likely Friday, January 3, 1913.
Written on stationery embossed "Rainworth Lodge, / Notts."
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.
The letter is undated except for "Friday", however, given it's placement in the collection relative to the other letters and with respect to its contents, it is most likely Friday, January 3, 1913.
Written on stationery embossed "Rainworth Lodge, / Notts."
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin in 1975.
Summary
Thanking him for the book; relating the success of a recent shooting expedition.
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