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NEWB2/566
Title
Palmer, (Sir) Herbert Richmond - correspondence
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- 1910 - 1936 (Creation)
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0.5 cm, 5 letters
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(23 April 1869 - 7 August 1949)
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Correspondence from Sir Herbert Richmond Palmer relating to tumuli near Katsina, Northern Nigeria (1910) and ladanum and its collection (1936).
Includes memorandum on the collection and use of ladanum gum in Cyprus, a page of notes on ladanum in Cyprus (numbered 289a) and a draft letter from Newberry thanking Palmer for the information on ladanum and asking a question relating to olive trees in Cyprus.
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MSS 34/54-58