An “uninteresting scrawl”… some correspondence of Marmaduke Tunstall (1743

An “uninteresting scrawl”… some correspondence of Marmaduke Tunstall (1743–1790)

Published:1999-02 Issue:1 Volume:26 Page:121-142
ISSN:0260-9541
Container-title:Archives of Natural History
language:en
Short-container-title:Archives of Natural History

Author:

JESSOP L.

Abstract

Selected extracts from hitherto unpublished letters held by the Bodleian Library (Oxford) are presented in order to illustrate Marmaduke Tunstall's character, interests and concern with contemporary issues. Correspondents include Tunstall's half-brother William Constable, Thomas Pennant and Sir Joseph Banks.

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Subject

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous),History,Anthropology

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