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RefNoCD/50/5
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Alfred Cort] Haddon, 3 Cranmer Road, Cambridge, to William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society
Date7 October 1917
DescriptionGladly testifies to the competence of the Reverend John Roscoe to lead the [Mackie] expedition. Is not sure where they propose to send Roscoe, but supposes it is in a lesser known region of Uganda. Discusses Roscoe's published work. Suggests that the expedition will result in a great accession of knowledge and that Roscoe is the best man that could be found to accomplish it.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6614Haddon; Alfred Cort (1855 - 1940)1855 - 1940
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