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. (xx498pp.). 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.