RefNo | MM/7/131 |
Level | Item |
Title | Copy of a letter from Joseph Banks, Soho Square |
Date | 22 April 1793 |
Description | Letter to an MP, most probably on sitting one on the Parliamentary Committee investigating Mudge's petition, forwarding on a letter from Banks to William Windham MP, of the 20th April.
Thomas Mudge petitioned Parliament after his Father's instrument to determine Longitude was awarded £500. Mudge believed it should have claimed the higher sums offered by the Board of Longitude and blamed Nevil Maskelyne for this. |
Extent | 1 side |
Format | Manuscript |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |