Letters from Daniel De La Roche asking for protection.

Letter from De la Roche asking Evan Nepean for his protection, One letter is in French

Administrative / biographical background
Daniel De La Roche was an Edinburgh-trained physician, botanist and medical translator from Geneva, who was friends with Louis Odier, the Swiss physician, medical translator and publisher. After working in Geneva, the family moved to Paris where de La Roche senior was physician to the Duke of Orléans, and later at the Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin health centre.

Record Details

Item reference: NEP/9/5/2; MS1989/006
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: folder
Date made: 1793-12-10
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London