Record

RefNoMS/709/8
LevelItem
TitleLetter from James Clealand, Belle Sauvage, Ludgate Hill, to James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place (near the Asylum), Southwark
Date19 April 1820
DescriptionIntends to call on Sowerby while in town. Sends a list of shell 'habitats' [locations] for specimens sent to Sowerby. Gives an account of finding 'the new patella' alive in 1819, near the breakwater of Bangor harbour and asks Sowerby to write a description of it.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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