Manuscripts of Sir Everard Home, 27 March 1794-19 May 1832

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68, Some account of the koala, (2pp.) [18 April 1804]

69, Bell. Mammals of New Holland, including platypus, wombat, buo buo, and also referring to Indigenous Australians at Herveys Bay, Keppel Bay and Gulf of Carpentaria, (5ff.) [n.d.]

70, G. Duvernay to Home; Publication of paper on reproductive organs of echidna. (French) [13 Oct 1814]

71, Manuscript on echidna. (French, 2ff.)

72, A. Cunningham. Memorandum on manners and customs of Indigenous Australians, (2ff.) [n.d.]

73, W. Richardson (Windsor) to H. Dumaresq; Search for platypus for Home. [28 Sept 1830]

74, G. Busby (Bathurst) to [H. Dumaresq]; Search for platypus for Home.[30 Sept 1830]

75, R. Hill (Liverpool) to H. Dumaresq; Difficulty of obtaining female specimens of platypus. [16 Oct 1830]

76, G. Busby to H. Dumaresq; Sends three specimens of female platypus. [27 Jan 1831]

77, H. Dumaresq to Home; Despatch of specimens of female platypus; introduces J. Busby. [17 Feb 1831]

78, J. Busby to Home; Delivery of specimens of platypus. [25 July 1831]

79-80, Manuscript by Home entitled 'A reexamination of the organs of generation of the Ornithorhynchus Paradoxus confirming the opinion of the female having no mammae', (7ff.); [Nov 1831]

81, F. Bauer to Home; Illness; female specimens of platypus brought by A. Cunningham. [31 July 1831]

82, A. Cunningham to Home; Confirms visit to discuss platypus. [30 Oct 1831]

83-86, F. Bauer to Home; Examination of female platype unable to discover any mamillary glands; returns Home's paper (4 letters) [Oct 1831- Nov 1831]

87, P.M. Roget to C. Hatchett; Paper by Home on Ornithorhynchus Paradoxus read to Royal Society in Nov. 1831. [19 May 1832]

102, D. Solander. Rules for collecting and preserving specimens of plants, (4ff.); [n.d.]

103 Notes on drying plants in sand, (1f.) [n.d.]

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