| Title: | [Letter] 1876 May 8 / Frank Buckland. |
| Personal Author: | Buckland, Frank, 1826-1880. |
| Date: | 1876 May 8. |
| Extent: | [1] leaf. |
| Dimensions: | 18 x 24 cm. folded to 18 x 12 cm. |
| General Note: | Autograph letter, signed. Previously pasted. Corner missing. |
| Abstract: | Buckland declares that he is "exceedingly obliged" for the photos of John Hunter's coffin plate, although "what a pity it was we did not open the coffin & get you to take a photo of the great John himself." An eccentric naturalist, Buckland had been searching for the grave of the surgeon and anatomist, Hunter, and it was cleared at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields; Buckland had the remains transferred to Westminster Abbey for reinterment. Buckland states that he would like to show him the museum at South Kensington one day (Buckland was a scientific referee there from 1865, helping to build the collection on fisheries). |
| Personal Subject: | Buckland, Frank, 1826-1880 -- Correspondence
Hunter, John, 1728-1793. |
| Subject: | Death--Social aspects--England
Funeral rites and ceremonies--United States. |
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