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Two photocopied letters between Claridge Druce and Bayley Balfour regarding Druce’s account of Don and the suggestion that it be published in the Notes of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
Typed transcription – 2 pages from Patrick Neill to Conductor of the Farmer’s Magazine with account of George Don and a request for help for his family left impoverished after his death, 20.05.1814
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
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
