Item 43 - Letter from R. Gwatkin to William Whewell

Identity area

Reference code

MSPB/43

Title

Letter from R. Gwatkin to William Whewell

Date(s)

  • 2 Nov. [1841?] (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 folded sheet

Context area

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Bequest of William Whewell, 1866.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Barrow Vicarage - Presenting a work in which he attempts to reconcile 'modern geology and the scriptural account of the creation, as given in Genesis 1'; congratulates him on becoming Master of Trinity.

Notes area

Note

Tipped on to the title page of Gwatkin's An exposition of the first chapter of Genesis (London, 1842), shelfmark 164.c.84.23[7].

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