Collinson, Peter, (1694-1768), Naturalist Antiquary

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Surname:	Collinson
Forenames:	Peter
Gender:	Male
Date:	1694-1768
Biography:	ODNB link for Collinson, Peter (1694-1768) Naturalist Antiquary
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P128852 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P6220 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Peter Collinson

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1706-68: corresp and commonplace books	Linnean Society of London	Collinson papers	NRA 9516
2	1725-68: corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 4440, 28726-27
3	c1730-60: horticultural papers	Essex Record Office		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
4	corresp and papers (36 items)	American Philosophical Society Library		See NUC MS 68-1794; Guide 1966
5	1766: account of introduction of American seeds into England	Natural History Museum Library and Archives		See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
6	1753-65: letters (15) to Thomas Birch	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 4303
7	1741-68: corresp with Cadwallader Colden etc	New York Historical Society
8	1741-66: corresp with EM da Costa	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 28536
9	1734-46: letters (23) to J Custis	American Antiquarian Society
10	1734-42: letters (16) from J Custis	Library of Congress, Manuscript Division
11	1747-67: letters (33) to A von Haller	Burgerbibliothek Bern		NRA 22845 Haller
12	1739-67: letters (36) to Carl Linnaeus	Linnean Society of London
13	letters to E Robinson	Religious Society of Friends Library
14	1728-42: letters to Sir Hans Sloane etc	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Sloane MSS 1968, 3322, 4025, 4053-58, 4069