Ramsay family papers - letters to Edward Ramsay with natural history specimens, 1868, 1896

R 953

series

1868, 1896

Graphic Materials, Objects

441998

Objects - two handwritten letters and two natural history specimens that consist of a dried bird's head with beak attached and feathers brown, blue, and yellow in colour - and part of a snake's skin, brown and pink in colour, with large scales ; 26 x 20 cm. or smaller

1a-b. Letter addressed to "My dear Ned" from John Simeon Ramsay, with bird's head enclosed, 8th Sept. 1868
2a-b. Letter addressed to "My dear Ned" from James Ramsay, with portion of snake's skin [probably tiapan] enclosed, 2 Aug. 1896

Letters are signed and dated