| Collection | GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections |
| Level | Item |
| Ref No | MS 38/96 |
| Alt Ref No | 110 |
| Title | Papers of David Skene: correspondence: Letter from John Ellis, Gray's Inn, London, to David Skene |
| Date | 31 December 1768 |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Creator Name | John Ellis (c.1710-1776), zoologist |
| Description | Letter from John Ellis, Gray's Inn, London, to David Skene in which he approves Skene's comments on Pallas; he has enclosed a small piece of the horny part of a gorgonia divided lengthways so that he may see the course of the medulla; he approves of the letter Skene has drafted for the Royal Society containing observations on 'Elenctius zoophytorum'; he received the medal for his last two letters on this subject in the last volume of the transactions; he is sorry that Linnaeus continues to make a distinction between lithophyta and zoophyta; he discusses the support for Pallas within the Royal Society; he will send him all the characters of the zoophytes for Skene's observations on them, 31 December 1768. |
| Access Status | Open |