Letter, [1846 or 1848] Oct. 27, Down [Eng.] to "Dear Sir" [i.e. , Librarian, Royal Society, London].

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Letter, [1846 or 1848] Oct. 27, Down [Eng.] to "Dear Sir" [i.e. , Librarian, Royal Society, London].

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Concerns return of books and requests the [Royal Society] Phil. Trans., 1799, containing [T.] A. Knight's paper on Fecundation of plants and [J.E. Gray's Gleanings from the menagerie and aviary at Knowsley Hall (Knowsley [Eng.], 1846)].

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