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441998
  • Title
    Ramsay family papers - letters to Edward Ramsay with natural history specimens, 1868, 1896
  • Call number
    R 953
  • Level of description
    series
  • Date

    1868, 1896
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    441998
  • Physical Description
    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
  • Scope and Content
    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
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Letters are signed and dated
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