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RefNoCB/1/1/143
AltRefNoBLA.B.60
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square to Charles Blagden
Date22 February 1815
DescriptionHas had an attack of gout from which is has recovered but only with severe reactions. Discusses journals sent to Institut and a journal for Blagden. Has received his parcel and distributed the contents. Discusses drainage, Sir Humphry Davy's paper analysing the colours used in ancient paintings in Rome, gout and the unrolling of the British Museum's papyri.
Extent1 sheet
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialItem 322, The Banks Letters, A Calendar of the manuscript correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks preserved in the British Museum... London, 1958.
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8116Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist1744 - 1820
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