Dossier TJN/1/13 - Letter from Captain Thomas John Newbold to Richard Clarke, 21 December 1844

Letter from Captain Thomas John Newbold to Richard Clarke, Secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society, enclosing the final part (12) of the Summary of the Geology of South India. He continues with a discussion about rocks. He writes that he is also enclosing illustrations. He writes that he presumes that the manuscript sent to the Royal Society has been translated. Please note that part of this letter is over-written by Newbold - the writing being both horizontally and vertically on the page. Also the ink is faded adding to the difficulty in reading it. Photocopies of the letter are with it to aid in the reading,