Letters by Waterton

Date:
1825-1865
Reference:
MS.7806/1-14
Part of:
Waterton, Charles (1782-1865), traveller and naturalist
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Description

14 autograph letters, signed, by Waterton. no. 1 refers to Waterton's visit to the United States and to the Nondescript, his creation through taxidermy of a creature halfway between a human and an ape; no. 4 includes a cutting from The Leisure Hour describing Waterton's career; no. 6 refers to his lawsuit against a factory polluting the local water.

Publication/Creation

1825-1865

Physical description

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Finding aids

Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.

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