Correspondence and papers, 1810-1885
Scope and Contents
[1-54] Letters to him and Robert Scales (father) [1-9] CHARLES ALFRED BURY (1808-83) (clergyman, ornithologist). Letters to John Scales (one to Borrer) (n.d.) [10] JOHN COOPER (Bungay, egg collector). Letter to John Scales (1821) [11] B. CORBETT (Piccadilly, natural history dealer?). Letter toJohn Scales (1821) [12-16] ROBERT HAMOND (1785-1831) (clergyman). Letters to John Scales (1821- 31) [17] ADRIAN HARDY HAWORTH (1767-1833) (entomologist, botanist). Letter to John Scales (1826) [18-19] GEORGE HELSHAM (1806-36) (surgeon, apothecary). Letters to John Scales (c.1828-30) [20] J. HENDERSON (Milton, entomologist). Letter to John Scales (1827) [21] WILLIAM CHAPMAN HEWETSON(1806-78) (naturalist, zoological illustrator, draughtsman). Letter to John Scales (c.1832) [22-24] THOMAS COULTHARD HEYSHAM (1792-1857) (Mayor, Carlisle; naturalist). Letters to John Scales (1831-32) [25] WILLIAM KIRBY (1759-1850) (clergyman, entomologist). Letter probably to Robert Scales (1811) [26-31] WILLIAM ELFORD LEACH (1790-1836) (naturalist). Letters to Robert Scales (c.1810-19) [32] THOMAS MARSHAM (c.1748-1819) (entomologist). Letter to Robert Scales (1811) [33-38] SANDFORD PALMER (Ballinlough, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary). Letters to John Scales (1858) [39] PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY (1788-1867) (naturalist). Letter to John Scales (1825) [40] GEORGE BRETTINGHAM SOWERBY (1788-1854) (conchologist). Letter to Robert Scales (c.1811) [41-42] JAMES SOWERBY (1757-1822) (naturalist, artist). Letters to Robert and John Scales (1811-19) [43-46] WILLIAM SPENCE (1783-1860) (entomologist). Letters to Robert Scales (1810-12) [47-53] JAMES FRANCIS STEPHENS (1792-1852) (entomologist). Letters to John Scales (1819-23) [54-55] WILLIAM WHITEAR (1778-1826) (clergyman, ornithologist). Letters to John Scales, C.J. Temminck (1820-23) Add.9839/21/54-55 [56-58] SIMON WILKIN (1790-1862) (editor). Letters to Robert Scales (1810-12) Add.9839/21/56-58 [59] JAMES WILSON (1795-1856) (zoologist). Letter to John Scales (1825) [60-65] JOHN WILSON (Edinburgh, natural history dealer). Letters to John Scales (1820-23) [66-67] MS lists of eggs, one inscribed 'from Mr. Hancock'. [68] MS memoir of John Scales, by or sent to Thomas Southwell, n.d. [69] MS copy inscription on monument to Robert Scales (d.1728) in Bungay Church (annotated by Alfred Newton, 'Enclosed to T. Southwell in litt. W. Hartcup, Feb. 28/85'). [70-71] Lists of letters to Robert and John Scales and papers. [72-80] Alfred Newton, notes for memoir of John Scales. [81] THOMAS SOUTHWELL, memorial note to Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norfolk Chronicle, 7 MAR 1885.
Dates
- Creation: 1810-1885
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Extent
1 collection (81 letters and papers paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
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