Written on stationery embossed "Capenoch, / Thornhill; / Dumfriesshire."
John White, brother of naturalist Gilbert White of Selborne, was a military chaplain at Gibraltar for sixteen years from 1756 to 1772.
Part of a collection of correspondence to William Herbert Mullens, concerning the publication of "The Introduction to Fauna Calpensis (A Natural History of Gibraltar and Southern Spain)" by John White and edited by W.H. Mullens. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Thanking him for the copy of the book.