LOB-MAN, 16 May 1823-1900

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File Volume 18

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f.5 J. Locke (Dublin) to Owen; Relics of seven species of moa sent to Dunedin Exhibition; cutting on son T. Locke, Canterbury Provincial Meteorologist. [8 March]

ff.74-75 Sir John Lubbock to Owen; Urges appointment of naturalist to Antarctic Expedition; collectors should be sent out on Pacific merchant ships and whalers.[1839]

ff.102-103 P.B. Luxmoore (Waitaki) to Owen; Sends moa bones; offers to send fossil feathers. [04 Feb 1861]

ff.104-105 E.B. Luxmoore to Owen; Fossils discovered by brother on Middle Island, New Zealand. [n.d.]

f.120 C. Lyell to Owen; Requires second edition of T.L. Mitchell. Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia, with appendix by Owen on cave bones. [07 April (1841)]

ff.217-225 Sir William Macarthur (Paris, London, Camden) to Owen; Purchase of Australian wine from Paris Exhibition; fossil wombat jaw; seeks paper on platypus. (4 letters) [1855-1860]

ff.226-227 R. McCormick to Owen; Sends Antarctic penguin, seal and New Zealand tui. [02 Oct 1843]

ff.251-260 F. McCoy (Melbourne) to Owen; Purchase of skeletons for Melbourne University Museum; seeks casts of specimens in British Museum; attempts to obtain Government support for publication of Fossil remains of the extinct mammalia of Australia; McCoy's hopes of receiving a knighthood. (6 letters) [1857-1889]

ff.273-283 J.D. Macdonald. Observations on the anatomy of several of the structures of the Nautilus Pompilius observed at Aneityum. Forwarded by Capt. H.M. Denham to Sir Francis Beaufort. [04 Jan 1854]

ff.287-288 J. MacGillivray (Aberdeen) to Owen; Collection of bird skulls; offers to collect specimens for Owen on voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake. [15 Oct 1846]

f.289 J. MacGillivray (Sydney) to Owen; Seeks support for appointment as Curator of Sydney Museum. [21 June 1862]

ff.331-335 Sir William Macleay (Sydney) to Owen; Introduces T.H. Huxley, Sir Charles Nicholson; reorganization of Australian Museum; G. Macleay; selection of curators; observations of J.D. Macdonald of H.M.S. Herald. (3 letters) [1850-1859]

ff.336-337 G. Macleay to Owen; Thanks for paper on Diprotodon; possible recipients in Australia. [n.d.]

ff.338-339 G. Macleay to Owen; Identification of Australian rat. [n.d.]

f.343 G. Macleay to Owen; Refers to capture of Australian ape and bunyip.[Jan 2]

ff.344-345 Sir William Macleay (Sydney) to Owen; Character of Zygomaturus; history of fossil collection in Australian Museum. [09 March 1858]

ff.410-411 G.A. Mantell to Owen; Hopes Owen can examine moa and other bones sent by son in New Zealand. [1847-12]

ff.425-426 G.A. Mantell to Owen; Thanks for lecture on New Zealand fossils; son resolved to find moa alive. [1844-02]

ff.429-430 W. Mantell to Owen; Requests discussion on moas.[May 5]

ff.434-435 W. Mantell to Owen; Inspection of moa bones at British Museum.[March 31]

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