ROGERS (Samuel, 1763-1855, Poet)

Autograph Letter Signed to “Dear Catherine” saying that “Henry & Eliza & their family from Hampstead come to dine here at two o’clock tomorrow & if you will come & meet them, I need not say how welcome you will be. I was in the hope of those from Highbury Place but the Mumps have disappointed me. If Arthur Aikin would escort you, he would be most welcome...”, 2 sides 12mo., St James’s Place, Tuesday, no date

Arthur AIKIN (1773-1854) was an English chemist, mineralogist and scientific writer, and was a founding member of the Chemical Society (now the Royal Society of Chemistry). He first became its treasurer in 1841, and later became the society's second president.

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Stock No:  42045      £75

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