Journal/notebooks of John Cotton, Feb. 1831-Apr. 1833 and May 1833-Nov. 1835. The volumes contain descriptions and water-colours of artworks he had seen exhibited; summaries and illustrations of lectures of the Zoological Society attended by Cotton; copies of poetry by Wordsworth, Byron, Spencer and others; comments on current events, a cholera epidemic, and nature observations including illustrations of insects and birds. Both volumes are indexed by Cotton. The notebooks are signed by Ellis Rowan and Maie Casey

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Containers:
Box 35
Component identifier:
File 1-2
Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were donated by the Casey family in three small instalments in 1971, 1973 and 1980 and one large instalment in 1996.
Names:
Maie Casey

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Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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