| Ref No | LDGSL/838/B/34/2 |
| Title | Murchison correspondence: letter from William BUCKLAND |
| Date | 31 Jan 1831 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 1 letter |
| Format | Document |
| Description | Murchison correspondence: letter from William BUCKLAND, Oxford, 31 Jan 1831. Re: sends regrets that he will miss the reading of Murchison and Sedgwick's papers and other meetings of the Geological Society due to lecture commitments; description of the new [?Museum] accommodation in the Clarendon district; keen to acquire a copy Chantrey's cast of the Duke of Buckingham's plesiosaur for his new Museum; Mary Anning's new specimen [?Plesiosaurus macrocephalus]; pleased that the Bristol Institution has purchased Miller's fossil collection but Philip de Malpas Egerton has bought his collection of cave bones; letter from Featherston[haugh]. |
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| 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 | BUCKLAND | William | 1784-1856 | geologist and dean of Westminster |
| Previous reference | LDGSL 838/M/B34/2 |