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Add. MS c/59/41a
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Letter from Alfred Newton to J. G. Frazer
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- 27 Oct. 1899 (Creation)
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Magdalene College, Cambridge - 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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A typescript copy of this letter is housed as Add.Ms.b.36.312.