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Add. MS b/36/312
Title
Copy letter from Alfred Newton to J. G. Frazer
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- c 1947-c 1955 (Creation)
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1 item; typescript copy
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Magdalene College, Cambridge. Dated 27 October, 1899 - Is glad Frazer will write 'The Athenaeum' about Sir George Birdwood's letter, who made a mistake about a parrot; offers to proofread his letter from an ornithological standpoint; notes that Birdwood had referenced him [Newton], but only from old sources.
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The original of this letter is housed as Add.Ms.c.59/41a.
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Lacunae in typescript filled in, in R. A. Downie's hand.