Record

Document Reference	Bu 19/89
Title	Letter from J. Clark, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire to Sir A. Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 11 June 1866.
Date	11 June 1866
Extent	3 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Thanks him for securing an aurochs [extinct rare European bison] which was a valuable specimen for the University; informs him that the bison of Lithuania was the only one to have survived from prehistoric times to the present; discusses arrangements for delivery of the specimen.
Term	animals, aurochs

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6752	Clark; John W. (1833-1910); Mr; fellow of Trinity College Cambridge	1833-1910
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882

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