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From:
J. J. Audubon
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
2 February 1836
Source of text:
Tulane University Kuntz Collection 600-36-29
Summary:
No summary available.
Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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Has just returned to England from America and been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Acknowledges receipt of money in return for works delivered to JSH.
Has completed 50 drawings in America as improvements on The Birds of America and asks JSH for help with increasing subscriptions. Comments on animal specimens.
Sends JSH copy of his Ornithological Biographies and asks about sending copies to Cambridge for sale. Comments on the binding of The Birds of America. Mentions forthcoming trip to America.
Sends JSH a copy of second volume of Ornithological Biographies; discusses progress on third vols of that work and The Birds of America.
Asks if a museum in Cambridge might be interested in purchasing North American mounted birds from an associate in Nova Scotia. Asks if JSH knows anyone with a collection of bird eggs for species comparison.
Sends JSH a copy of third volume of Ornithological Biographies. Asks why G. N. Granville has discontinued patronage of The Birds of America as it is nearing completion.