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The Naturalist’s and Traveller’s Companion

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Cambridge Library Collection

John Coakley Lettsom (1744–1815) seems to have been a nice sort of man. Born the son of a Quaker plantation owner in the Virgin Islands, he was sent to England at the age of six to be educated, and was … Continue reading →

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