Record

RefNoMC/8/465
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Robert Brown, 4 Gladstone Terrace, Hope Park, Edinburgh, to the Royal Society
Date10 December 1869
DescriptionReiterating his protest at the title of Dr [Oswald] Heer's soon-to-be published paper on fossil plants. Brown clarifies that it was him, not Edward Whymper, who collected the plants, and underlines his multi-faceted role on the expedition.

[For paper, see related material. This letter is an enclosure to MC/8/467, see related record.]
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMC/8/467
MC/9/48
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