| Ref No | SPNH/8 |
| Title | Miscellaneous documents and letters |
| Description | A file containing various letters of correspondence made to the Society for Promoting Natural History (SPNH) including:
1. A letter of thanks from Edmund Rack on being elected an honorary member of SPNH
2. A letter of thanks from Robert Dundas on being elected an honorary member of SPNH
3. A letter of thanks from Lord Lewisham on being elected the president of SPNH
4. An acknowledgement of possessions belonging to SPNH from [William Day]
5. A request for scientific papers from [Lamber]
6. An apology from James Boswell over missing a society meeting
7. A letter written from [Le Chevalier d' Almeida] [In French]
8. A written promise from [Joshua] Brookes to return some loaned papers to SPNH
9. A letter from Rev [George Ashby] about the promotion of scientific studies and societies
10. A letter from Henry Seymour Conway requesting [Parish] to see a collection of stones and fossils left with SPNH
The file also contains scrap pieces of paper that appear to have been torn from larger documents. |
| Date | 27 Oct 1783 - 14 Mar 1796 |
| Level | File |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Language | English |
| French |
| Related Material | The file contains a handwritten list of dates, members, professions and locations.
One of the letters is written in French. |
| Creator Name | The Society for Promoting Natural History |
| Access_Status | Open |