Nathaniel Wallich to Faraday   27 March 18341

120 Jermyn St | 27th March

Dear Sir

May I beg you will do me the honour to present the accompanying list of Indian woods2 to the library of your excellent institution.

May I likewise beg that you will kindly pardon me for asking a very great favour on behalf of a countryman of mine sent over by the Danish Govt to make himself acquainted with the state of Cholera in this country. His name is Dr Klingberg3 and both he & I would feel extremely obliged if you would indulge him with an admission card to the evening lectures at the R. Institution.

Flatly deny my request if you cannot easily comply with it, only forgive me for the liberty I have taken & believe me with very high respect,

Dear Sir | Yours very Truly | N. Wallich

M. Faraday Esq


Endorsed by Faraday: 1834

1
Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854, DNB). Superintendent of Calcutta Botanic Garden, 1815-1850.
2
Wallich (1831).
3
Heinrich Matthias Wilhelm Klingberg (1774-1835, DBL). Danish physician.

Bibliography

WALLICH, Nathaniel (1831): “List of Indian Woods”, Trans. Soc. Arts, 48: 439-79.

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