SAFFORD (James M., Ph.D., Professor of Natural Science at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee and State Geologist of Tennessee)

Autograph Letter Signed to  Robert Morton MIDDLETON , jr., F.L.S., F.Z.S., (1846-1909, English shipbroker and botanist), answering his question as to whether "there is any good coal- or ore lands, valuable and accessible, that could be purchased for not more than $10 per acre. I doubt if any such land can be found any where in Tennessee. I cannot speak for Kentucky, though I think the same will be true of both states ... I will however keep my eyes and ears open", sending seasonal greetings, "We, Judge Turton and family, my wife and your humble servant are making the best of the holidays", 2 sides 8vo., Nashville, Tennessee, 31st December

Middleton was employed at one time by the Hartlepools Shipowners' Society. About 1886 he and his wife settled in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, at the foot of the Cumberland Mountains. He corresponded with many leading naturalists, collected autographs, and presented a herbarium of some 3000 American and other specimens to McGill University in December 1890, when he made a trip to England, returning permanently to England in 1892. With his wife and sister he spent 1904-1907 as a missionary in Chile. Again returning, he took a house in Kew and was a Temporary Assistant at the Natural History Museum till 1909.

Item Date:  1890

Stock No:  13930      £60

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