Lettsom: His Life, Times, Friends and Descendants. By J.J. Abraham.

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London: William Heinemann, 1933. Sm.4to. Or.blind stamped cl. Gilt spine.T.e.g. (xx,498pp.). With portr., some 150 illusts., facsimiles, maps and a fold. genealogy chart. Assoc. newspaper clippings loosely inserted. NOTE: John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815) was an English Quaker physician, philanthropist and man of letters. He was born in the Virgin Islands, son of a cotton and sugar planter, but spent most of his life in London, where he owned a notable garden in Camberwell.