Letters by Waterton
- Date:
- 1825-1865
- Reference:
- MS.7806/1-14
- Part of:
- Waterton, Charles (1782-1865), traveller and naturalist
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
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
items
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.