Thornton, Robert John (1768?-1837), physician to Marylebone Dispensary and botanist

4 autograph letters, signed; accompanied by printed obituary cutting (no.48) and typed transcription (no.49). No.49, to Dr. Annesley of the Madras General Hospital, is written from the Pneumatic Institute in London and describes the state of "pneumatic medicine"; no.50 thanks the anonymous recipient for letting him see the writer Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832).

1803-1828

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Database description transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.