Dorset museum launches fundraising campaign for letter from pioneering fossil hunter Mary Anning
The Lyme Regis Philpot Museum has launched a fundraising campaign in the hope it can secure a letter fragment written by the English fossil collector and palaeontologist Mary Anning (1799-1847). It is being offered at a Bonhams auction this month.
The fragment of the letter, just six lines with Anning’s signature, is a rare find and is estimated …