Record

RefNoMS/709/21
LevelItem
TitleLetter from William Henry Fitton, Highwood Hill, to [James De Carle] Sowerby, 5 Camden Terrace West, Camden Town
Date20 May 1835
DescriptionWas unable to call on Sowerby owing to the breakdown of his coach and resulting injury. Protests about Sowerby's concentration on Dr Buckland's plates and threatens to take his drawings to another engraver. The President of the Geological Society has written to complain about the delay to Fitton's paper.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3138Fitton; William Henry (1780 - 1861); geologist1780 - 1861
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