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Reference numberMC/1/313
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Thomas Coates, [Secretary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge], 59 Lincoln's Inn Fields, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society]
Date16 June 1831
DescriptionRequesting permission to copy the portraits of [Edmond] Halley, [William] Harvey, and Sir Christopher Wren to form part of the gallery of portraits at the Society for the Diffuson of Useful Knowledge.
[Enclosures not present.].
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8423Halley; Edmond (1656 - 1742); astronomer1656 - 1742
NA6616Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist1779 - 1869
NA8299Wren; Sir; Christopher (1632 - 1723); architect, astronomer, and mathematician1632 - 1723
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