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Photograph of a group of men with pots and baskets of fruit and vegetables and a lamb that were given to them by the Raja of Keonjhar as a 'dali' or present in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Scope and Contents The Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes' sub-series consists of: pen and ink sketches by Edward Forbes (c1854) letters from and to contributors and collaborators (1854-1861) letters to and from the publisher Alexander MacMillan (1860-1861) letters to and from the printer Thomas Constable (1860-1861) list...

Scope and Contents Monteith provides some information concerning her sister's travel to Sydney. The letter to Monteith from Whittingham, dated 16 February, acknowledges the £1 donation to the Sampson Orchestra Appeal from Mrs Ewart and confirms that sufficient funds have now been received to enable the orchestra to be permanently established in Brisbane. Also attached is a receipt of the £1 donation, signed by Whittingham, and a newspaper clipping acknowledging the donation as being...

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Montefiore requests a donation from Ewart to raise support for the London Show.

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Sutherland requests that Ewart continues to donate a sum of money to enable a member of the Erskine United Free Church to continue to receive benefit from the Aged Christian Friend Society of Scotland.

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Butcher consents to act as trustee of Ewart's marriage settlement and says he has sent him a wedding present.

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The letter thanks Ewart for the donation to the Royal Scottish Museum of a Mallard duckling wing showing the succession of two down plumages and feather plumage.

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Blunt replies to Ewart's acceptance of the gift of a filly. He encloses details of the filly's breeding. He also enquires in what published work he could find details of the fossil of the horse as originally traced by Huxley and Marsh, as he is hoping to begin a genealogy of the Arabian horse.

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton asking him to suggest 100 possible British and Irish recipients for gratuitous copies of his monograph on the volcanic geology of Utah: Report on the Geology of the High Plateaus of Utah, with Atlas, ( 1880) Includes a pencil list of possible recipients.

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edmonston and Douglas handing him a list of persons to whom a presentation copy of Memoir of Edward Forbes, ( 1861) have been sent.