Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton
- Reference:GB 237 Coll-74/11/5/12
- Dates of Creation:22 May 1882
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- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:1 letter
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton apologising that he has only been able to send final proofs of his atlas sheets for Tertiary History of the Grand Canyon District, ( 1882) at the current time. He apologises for being unable to review Geikie's forthcoing books due to his forthcoming field work in the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) and pontificates that Grove Karl Gilbert will do a better job in the long run. He reports that Gilbert and his wife are ill with diptheria, having recently lost ther eldest child to the disease.
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Sarah Higgins 27 August 2001
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