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Papers of Rev Dr John Walker
Correspondence and Loose Papers
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Edinburgh University Library Department of Special Collections |
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Correspondence and Loose Papers |
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Item Summary |
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GB GB 0237 John Walker La III 352/1 a |
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1762-1779 |
Extent and medium of the unit of description |
1 folder |
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Scope and Content |
51 fols. of letters to or from Linnaeus (with English transcriptions) and names of lesser scientific import, including Lord Kames, Donald McNicol, George Clerk, John Ritchie, and messrs Drummond, Tytler, Stuart, Fraser, Fabricius, and Cathcart. Extracts of correspondence between Thos. Pennant and William Cullen and of the Act of the Edinburgh Town Council that made Walker Regius Professor of Natural History. Notes on the Hebrides, navigation between the Murray Firth and Mull, and on herring fisheries. |
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