Autograph letter signed : Downing, to an unidentified recipient, 1756 Jan. 27.

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Autograph letter signed : Downing, to an unidentified recipient, 1756 Jan. 27.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270872098

Hoping a box of specimens has reached him; wondering how he will use the specimens of earth--perhaps in an appendix to his work, in which case Pennant will send him "a new Catalogue from Sicily which elucidates the Jesuit's greatly"; describing some specimens; and saying he has not heard from his "Spaniard at Barcelona."

1 item (2 p.) ; 24 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Fletcher, H. George.

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Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798

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Natural historian, scientist, traveller and Fellow of the Royal Society in London, Pennant was acquainted with all the notable scientists of his time and was a close friend of Sir Joseph Banks. Pennant was a prolific writer and his publications include The British zoology (1766), A tour of Scotland, 1769 (1771), Arctic zoology (1784). Pennant incorporated information about Australian fauna in his books A history of quadrupeds (1781) and the fourth volume of Outlines of the globe (1798). ...