RefNo | MM/8/67 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from Nevil Maskelyne, Soho Square, to Sir Joseph Banks |
Date | 26 May 1809 |
Description | Informing Banks that the Committee on Thomas Earnshaw's petition have finished receiving evidence and will make their report to the House of Commons in a few days. He himself gave a statement he had received from Captain William Bligh that in eight instances the watches made by Arnold went better than the two others made by Earnshaw, and only in one instance did Earnshaw's go best. |
Extent | 1 side |
Format | Manuscript |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA5553 | Maskelyne; Nevil (1732 - 1811) | 1732 - 1811 |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |
NA7421 | Bligh; William (1754 - 1817) | 1754 - 1817 |