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Typed transcription – Notice of George Don’s life by Patrick Neill contributed to the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 15.05.1851 and published in the North British Agriculturist and Henfrey’s Botanical Gazette, 1851
typed transcription – letter from George A. Don, Bedgebury, Kent, to Mr. Lowson, Forfar, author of Portrait Gallery of Forfar Notables, offering information on his grandfather, 11.02.1892
Typed transcription – letter from David Booth to Sir James Edward Smith, London requesting assistance for Don’s family – from Smith correspondence, Linnaean Society, 24.01.1814
Typed transcription – end of a letter? Information about a George Don – most likely to be referring to Patrick Neill Don and his son George Don – letter from A. Anderson, Bedgebury Park, 26.11.1910
Typed transcription – 3 pages – Notes for a sketch of the Botanists George [Jr.] and David Don of the Dove Hillock, Forfar, includes an extract of David Don’s birth in the Forfar Parish register, author – Alex. P. Stevenson, Dundee