• Title
  Letter from Richard Pulteney to Dr William Cuming, 12 October 1782
• Creator
  William Cuming
• Call number
  MLMSS 8322
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1782
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  960055
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  0.02 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Richard Pulteney was born in Loughborough, Leicestershire in 1730. He was a successful physician, botanist and a promoter of the work of Linnaeus as well as a correspondent of Sir Joseph Banks.
• Scope and Content
  In this letter to Dr William Cuming at Dorchester, Pulteney describes one of his rare trips to London, including a visit to the residence of Sir Joseph Banks at Soho Square. He describes spending time with Jonas Dryander who became Banks’ librarian after the death of Daniel Solander, and the progress being made on the engraving plates for what has become known as Banks’ Florilegium, a set of botanical engravings showing plants collected on Cook’s first Pacific voyage. Pulteney also recounts a visit to Dr William Hunter who provided him with access to the shell collection from the Fothergill Museum. Fothergill was the patron of Sydney Parkinson, and his shell collection included many examples collected on Cook’s first voyage. Pulteney also makes reference to the death of Ingham Foster, a collector of natural history specimens and close friend of Emanuel Medes da Costa. He died of pneumonia at Langton near Blandford in October 1801
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: In copyright
  Research & study copies allowed: Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcription here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2013/D15923/a6079.htm
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1014765
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Pulteney, Richard, 1730-1801
  
• Subject
  Natural history--Oceania.
  Letters
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE466609

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