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Autograph Letter Signed ('Wm. Gourlie Jr.') to 'Mr. Ward'.
William Gourlie (1815-1856), Glasgow calico printer and botanist [Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward (1791-1868); William Keddie (1809-1877), Editor of the 'Scottish Guardian'; Scotland; Scottish textiles]
Verlag: 18 June ; on letterhead of South Frederick Street Glasgow, 1849
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In den Warenkorb4to, 1 p. Sixteen lines of text. Clear and complete. Neatly written in copperplate. On lightly-aged and creased paper, with one 4 cm vertical closed tear (through one word) along fold. He will be 'in town [i.e. London] for a few days next week and will be accompanied by Mr. Keddie, Editor of the "Scottish Guardian", an ardent lo…ver of Botany & Botanists'. Asks if Ward can 'chalk out an excursion' for them, '& perhaps accompany us, to some place like Cobham [regularly visited by Ward], where we would see English Scenery, and gather good English plants'. He wonders whether Dover is accessible from London 'in the course of a day's trip'. 'As usual my time will be very limited, [.]'.