Correspondence, 1852-1914.

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Correspondence, 1852-1914.

These letters are mainly to Lebour, but there are some to Richard Howse, who was curator of the Natural History Museum of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. There are also letters written to various secretaries of the Geological Society of London. The correspondence concerns geology and the above institutions.

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