BIB_ID
333971
Accession number
MA 3325.14
Creator
Harting, James Edmund, 1841-1928.
Display Date
1913 Jan. 11.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin, 1975.
Description
1 item (3 p.), bound ; 20.3 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 from "Edgewood / Weybridge."
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 from "Edgewood / Weybridge."
Provenance
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cremin in 1975.
Summary
Thanking him for the copy of "The Introduction to Fauna Calpensis;" commenting on the origin of the word Gibraltar; discussing specific references in the book; suggesting a reference to John White's linguistic talents might have been included.
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