Davis, correspondence

This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge

  • Reference
    • GB 15 J B Davis / Correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1853
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Letter

Scope and Content

  • MS 116/17;D Letter to William Penny, 2 June 1853 [Asks him to procure a specimen of an Eskimo skull] holograph

Administrative / Biographical History

William Penny was born on 12 July 1809 at Peterhead, Scotland. He made his first whaling voyage at the age of twelve, sailing to the Greenland Sea in Alert under the command of his father

Arrangement

Chronological

Related Material

The Institute holds an archival collection for William Penny