[Sir William Jardine, Scottish naturalist.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Wm Jardine'), regarding his need to travel to Edinburgh because of 'the Dangerous illness of Mr Maule'.

2pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Folded twice. Endorsed by the unnamed recipient on the reverse of the second leaf. The subject of the letter, 'Mr Maule', was presumably a relation of Jardine's, whose mother's maiden name was Maule. Begins: 'Dear Sir, I received your parcel this morning & was prepared to start Tomorrow (Friday) when the Evening Mail brought me the intelligence of the Dangerous illness of Mr. Maule in Edinburgh - & instead of London I start for Edinburgh without delay – I shall not now come up before the Meeting of Parliament as I should be now too Late for my Son's Holidays -'. He ends with the request that he write 'a few lines after your interview with Mr Graham'. In a postscript he says that he will 'write a note from Edinburgh stating how Mr Maule is -'.