From:
James Prinsep
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 November 1836]
Source of text:
RS:HS 14.71
Summary:
Sends Journal of the Asiatic Society. Calcutta Museum wants a hippopotamus skeleton; asks JH for leads.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Sends Journal of the Asiatic Society. Calcutta Museum wants a hippopotamus skeleton; asks JH for leads.
Completed tour of Upper Assam searching for [wild tea shrub]. Wife and seriously ill children leaving for England. Lord Auckland [governor-general of India] urges sending consignments of plants and seeds to JH and Baron C. F. H. Ludwig.