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Lorimer Fison - Records

Title
Lorimer Fison - Records
Repository
State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
Date Range
1870 - 1881
Description

Typescript copies of correspondence 1870-81, mainly related to ethnological matters consisting of 35 letters from Lewis Henry Morgan and American ethnologist, and letters from Joseph Henry, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; Andrew Mackenzie; Alexander Falconer; Spencer Baird; Mrs Watts; A.W. Howitt [42 items].

Quantity
42 letters
Access
Available for reference

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