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James Dalton, correspondence
Dalton, James
c.1795-1824
Comprises 35 letters from James Dalton to James Sowerby, the naturalist; also, letters from W. Brunton, John Larcom, Peter Murray, and Robert Teesdale to Sowerby, and one letter from J. Wood to Dr Smi...
Sender: Dalton, Marianne
Recipient: Sowerby, James
Letters: 1
Date(s): 12 Nov [n.y.]
Location: BC MS 19c Dalton
Category: 17c2 Female
Note: James Dalton's daughter, concerning her "conchological amusements" and asking his advice on the identification of some shells she is sending. Draft reply to her letter on one of the pages from one of James Sowerby's sons.
Plan of Dalton (Whitley Beaumont estate)
nd [1881]
Showing roads, waterways etc Surveyor: W.J. Dunderdale, Huddersfield Scale: 1 inch : 50 feet
Sender: Dalton, James (Rev.)
Recipient: Sowerby, James
Letters: 32
Date(s): 15 Feb 1802 - 11 Nov 1815
Location: BC MS 19c Dalton
Note: James Dalton, M.A., F.L.D., Yorkshire naturalist,was also rector of Copgrove near Knaresborough and then of Croft near Darlington. The letters to James Sowerby, naturalist and artist,were sent to his home in Lambeth and contain references to Dalton's wide ranging interests: fungi, birds, lichens, mosses and insects. Dalton orders a microscope from Sowerby and obtains many specimens for him.
DEEDS RELATING TO COWICK, DALTON AND ELSEWHERE
14th century-15th century
Relating to Cowick, Dalton [parish of Topcliffe], Gowdall, Heck, Hensall, Sessay, Snaith, Terrington, Whitley [parish of Kellington] and York