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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS78/8
TitleLetter from H. T. Maire Witham to Richard Owen
Extent1 item
Date[1830s]
DescriptionLetter, dated 30 April written from Lartington [Durham], is addresses 'Dr Sir'. The address panel gives the recipient's details as Richard Owen Esqr care of T. Hepworth Esq.

Witham writes in connection with a specimen of an animal's jaw and teeth from 'Burdie House quarry near Edinburgh' which he sent Owen for comment
Access StatusOpen
Administrative HistoryHenry Thomas Maire Witham (1779-1844) was a botanist and palaeontologist

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