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	Payments and Expenses 1853 - 1861 Remove from selection Add to selection TitlePayments and Expenses 1853 - 1861 ReferenceMS0012/2/3/4 Level of descriptionitem Date1853 - 1861 Creator Sir William Henry Flower, 1831-1899, Knight, zoologist Scope and ContentThe payment and expenses forms for the museum specimens for the years 1853-1861. Includes payments for, amongst other things: American, Malayan and Egyptian skulls; ambergris; body of an alligator; a "malformed child"; the skull of an African elephant; 4 "crania aborigines New Holland" [sic]; 7 foetuses in a glass case; corals and shells; a sword fish; and specimens of pterogators. The total bill is for £9998; 17 shillings, and 5 pence. Extent1 Document Conditions governing accessAvailable to everyone for research. Please email archives@rcseng.ac.uk to book an appointment. Conditions governing reproductionCopying for personal use is allowed depending on the condition of the item. Permission to publish, in print or online, must be sought from archives@rcseng.ac.uk and from the copyright holder where applicable. Related objectsMS0012/2/3/5 Persons keyword Sir William Henry Flower, 1831-1899, Knight, zoologist, Hunterian Curator, London Hunterian Museum Subjectmuseum accounts, Egypt, USA, Malay Archipelago, African Elephant, New Holland, coral shells, Sword fish Hierarchy browser MS0012 Papers of William Flower and Georgiana Flower 1845-1883, fonds contains 3 parts MS0012/2 Conservator of the Hunterian Museum 1861-1883, sub-fonds contains 6 parts MS0012/2/3 Payments and Expenses for Specimens 1802 - 1861, file contains 5 parts MS0012/2/3/4 Payments and Expenses 1853 - 1861 1853 - 1861, item

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TitlePayments and Expenses 1853 - 1861

ReferenceMS0012/2/3/4

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Date1853 - 1861

Creator Sir William Henry Flower, 1831-1899, Knight, zoologist

Scope and ContentThe payment and expenses forms for the museum specimens for the years 1853-1861. Includes payments for, amongst other things: American, Malayan and Egyptian skulls; ambergris; body of an alligator; a "malformed child"; the skull of an African elephant; 4 "crania aborigines New Holland" [sic]; 7 foetuses in a glass case; corals and shells; a sword fish; and specimens of pterogators. The total bill is for £9998; 17 shillings, and 5 pence.

Extent1 Document

Conditions governing accessAvailable to everyone for research. Please email archives@rcseng.ac.uk to book an appointment.

Conditions governing reproductionCopying for personal use is allowed depending on the condition of the item. Permission to publish, in print or online, must be sought from archives@rcseng.ac.uk and from the copyright holder where applicable.

Related objectsMS0012/2/3/5

Persons keyword Sir William Henry Flower, 1831-1899, Knight, zoologist, Hunterian Curator, London Hunterian Museum

Subjectmuseum accounts, Egypt, USA, Malay Archipelago, African Elephant, New Holland, coral shells, Sword fish

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MS0012
Papers of William Flower and Georgiana Flower
1845-1883, fonds contains 3 parts
- MS0012/2
  Conservator of the Hunterian Museum
  1861-1883, sub-fonds contains 6 parts
  - MS0012/2/3
    Payments and Expenses for Specimens
    1802 - 1861, file contains 5 parts
    
    MS0012/2/3/4
    Payments and Expenses 1853 - 1861
    1853 - 1861, item

Payments and Expenses 1853 - 1861

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