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GSL - GSL - Records of the Geological Society of London
MUS - GSL/MUS - Museum Records
1 - GSL/MUS/1 - Museum letters, notes and lists, 1808-1902
3 - GSL/MUS/1/3 - Museum letters and lists, 1808-[1825]
Ref No
GSL/MUS/1/3/8
Title
List of the geographical origin of specimens nos.529-612
Date
[1810s]
Date Note
1807 wmk, but based on date of Necker's donation.
Level
Item
Extent
2pp
Format
Document
Description
Museum letters & lists: Manuscript list of the geographical origin of specimens nos.529-612 which were once housed in the Society's Museum collection, [1810s]. At the bottom of the first page is included a brief list of the localities of specimens donated by Louis Albert Necker from Devon and Cornwall and a reference to the accompanying memoir [not in the Society's collection].
Provenance
On 3 November 1809, Necker donated 'A collection of specimens from the counties of Devon and Cornwall' (see: TGS, vol 1.)
Access Conditions
Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
Language
English
Related Material
Louis Necker's list of specimens and the accompanying explanatory memoir is held by the NHM, it being bound within one of the Society's old Museum catalogues, refL MSS GEO 'Museum Catalogues Miscellaneous'.
ArchNote
Description by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam
CreatorName
Previous reference
LDGSL 27/8
Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates
DS/UK/39
Museum of the Geological Society of London; 1808-1911
1808-1911
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