NAHSTE: Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Richard Baron

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Richard Baron
Item Summary
Reference Code	GB 0237 Sir Archibald Geikie Gen. 524/8/22
Date(s)	15 August 1884
Extent and medium of the unit of description	1 letter
Name of creator	Baron \| Richard \| 1847-1907 \| clergyman, botanist and missionary, London Missionary Society
Scope and Content
Scope and Content	Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Richard Baron giving Geikie a precis of the geological structure of the island of Madagascar, where he is a missionary. He asks Geikie if he would be able to identify some rock samples for him if he sent them to London, and offers to send fossils and specimens in return. He reports that gold has recently been found on the island.
Index
Subjects	Formations, Geology Fossils Gold Rock Samples
People	Baron \| Richard \| 1847-1907 \| clergyman, botanist and missionary, London Missionary Society Geikie \| Sir \| Archibald \| 1835-1924 \| professor of geology, University of Edinburgh
Places	Madagascar
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Richard Baron