Two letters from John Latham
Reference code
SAL/01/02/07/01
Title
Two letters from John Latham
Date
1807
Level of description
item
Scope and content
Two letters from John Latham discussing a translation in note [b] of p.362 in volume 15 of Archaeologia. He questions the choice to interpret ‘auca’ as a water bird named auks, suggesting instead that they instead meant goose. He also writes to present a copy of an exemption granted by a king in the 39th year of his reign, a full transcription is included.
Mentioned in the minutes for 8th January 1807: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.031.026
The article with the note in question regarding the birds, Archaeologia, Vol.15. Pp 350-362: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/FEC00183AA013621057DA6FA9D9412FA/S026134090001852Xa.pdf/xxxv-extracts-from-the-rotulus-familiae-in-the-eighteenth-year-of-the-reign-of-k-edw-i-preserved-among-his-majestys-records-in-the-tower-communicated-by-samuel-lysons-esq-frs-director-with-a-translati.pdf
Mentioned in the minutes for 8th January 1807: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.031.026
The article with the note in question regarding the birds, Archaeologia, Vol.15. Pp 350-362: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/FEC00183AA013621057DA6FA9D9412FA/S026134090001852Xa.pdf/xxxv-extracts-from-the-rotulus-familiae-in-the-eighteenth-year-of-the-reign-of-k-edw-i-preserved-among-his-majestys-records-in-the-tower-communicated-by-samuel-lysons-esq-frs-director-with-a-translati.pdf
Creator
Latham, John (1761-1843), physician