| RefNo | MS/928/4/4/32 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Frederick Watson, British Consulate General, Philadelphia, to Charles Vernon Boys, St Marybourne, Andover, England |
| Creator | Watson; Frederick (1880-1947); British diplomat |
| Recipient | Boys; Sir Charles Vernon (1855-1944); British physicist and inventor |
| Date | 18 May 1939 |
| Description | Watson notes that he had the pleasure of accepting the Elliott Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute on Boys's behalf yesterday. A Wetherill Medal was awarded to William Albert Hyde, who asked to be remembered to Boys from a visit in 1913. Watson remembers meeting Boys too, at a Royal Society dinner at the Athenaeum with Sir Albert Seward, last June. He thinks Boys might value a letter delivered in a historic way and he has heard rumoured that a new trans-Atlantic mail service is about to begin.
Copy sent by normal mail service, identical to the text sent by airmail (MS/928/4/4/31). |
| Extent | 2p. |
| Format | Typescript |
| PhysicalDescription | On paper |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8138 | Boys; Sir; Charles Vernon (1855 - 1944); physicist and inventor | 1855 - 1944 |