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RefNoMS/682/35
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Dawson Turner, Yarmouth, to James De Carle Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, Lambeth, London
Date16 November 1822
DescriptionExpressing regret on the death of Sowerby's father and offering to write a memoir of his life. Comments that he has little knowledge of the early part of Sowerby's career, but believes that he was a pupil of Wilson the painter. Asks for details of his affairs and the state of their family.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2805Turner; Dawson (1775 - 1858)1775 - 1858
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