Edward Smith Stanley Correspondence to John James Audubon

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Correspondence from English politician and naturalist Edward Smith Stanley (1775-1851), 13th Earl of Derby, to American ornithologist John James Audubon (1785-1851), dated April 18, 1839, regarding an unspecified proposition to American ornithologist and naturalist John Kirk Townsend (1809-1851). He writes that he had hoped for a favorable outcome after meeting with naturalist and Audubon collaborator John Bachman (1790-1874), "but of course Dr. T. knows what w[ould] be most agreeable & satisfactory to himself better than any others can do."