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Ref No	GSL/MUS/1/1/130
Title	Museum Letters & Lists: from Gideon Algernon MANTELL
Date	19 Oct 1835
Level	Item
Extent	1 letter/item
Format	Document
Description	Museum Letters & Lists: from Gideon Algernon MANTELL, Brighton, 19 Oct 1835. Re: Sends a box of a few specimens from the Chalk including a slab of septarium from Charles Lyell; requests the box be returned through Louis Agassiz.
CustodialHistory	Previously dated as 1831, but Mantell does not move to Brighton until 1833 and Agassiz arrives in Britain in the autumn of 1834.
Access Conditions	Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
Language	English
ArchNote	Description by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam
CreatorName	MANTELL \| Gideon Algernon \| 1790-1852 \| surgeon and geologist
Previous reference	MUS 1/130

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/39	Museum of the Geological Society of London; 1808-1911	1808-1911
DS/UK/17	MANTELL; Gideon Algernon (1790-1852); surgeon and geologist	1790-1852
DS/UK/16	LYELL; Sir; Charles (1797-1875); 1st baronet; geologist	1797-1875
DS/UK/44	AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist	1807-1873

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