Bestanddeel TJN/1/14 - Letter from Captain Thomas John Newbold to Richard Clarke, 18 February 1845

Letter from Captain Thomas John Newbold to Richard Clarke, Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, enclosing an addendum to his Summary of the Geology of S India, with various other matters. He writes he is making a collection of fossils to send for examination to Mr Sowerby. He hopes Clarke has received his Bill of Exchange. He has also sent specimens of microscopic organic looking bodies to Carlo Sowerby. He notes that the East India Company have placed at Clarke's disposal papers connected with South India. Please note that part of this letter is over-written by Newbold - the writing being both horizontally and diagonally on the page.