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Title
William Frederick Martyn Extracts from writings on natural history, 1788-1793
Creator
William Frederick Martyn
Call number
MLMSS 1578
Level of description
fonds
Type of material
Textual Records
Reference code
423071
Physical Description
(2") box
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

MS. is attributed to W. F. Martyn, c.1750-1820, who was associated with Sir Joseph Banks, Curtis of the Botanical Magazine, and other prominent naturalists of the time
Scope and Content
1 box of textual material

Include articles copied from Literary Magazine and British Review, 1789, and Monthly Review Vol. 2, extracts from Captain John Hunter's Historical Journal of the transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, 1793
Description source

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (4-153C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
General note

Available for reference
Name
Martyn, William Frederick, c. 1750-1820
Subject
Naturalists--Archives.
Natural history--Australia.
Place
Port Jackson (N.S.W.)
Norfolk Island

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