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RefNoCD/53/6
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society, to Miss [Eleanor] Bisset
Date11 February 1921
DescriptionAsks Miss Bisset if she would like to do a year of interesting work as a shorthand-secretary in Norfolk. Explains that Mr [John] Roscoe the anthropologist has been in charge of the [Mackie] expedition to Uganda, and is preparing an account of the expedition for publication. Explains that the Royal Society has decided to supply him with a secretary to help in the publication. Notes that Roscoe is a very interesting and delightful man, and that the customs he investigates are fascinating. Informs her that Roscoe rode through Uganda and by the Nile on a 20 year old bicycle.
Extent2p
FormatTypescript copy
AccessStatusOpen
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