Record

Reference numberMC/10/258
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Stafford H [Henry] Northcote, [Chancellor of the Exchequer], 11 Downing Street, Whitehall, to Dr [William Benjamin] Carpenter
Date22 May 1875
DescriptionClaiming that the Treasury would not have refused the Society's request for entertainment for the scientific staff on board the 'Valorous' if they had asked.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueMC/10/259
MC/10/287
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6544Northcote; Stafford Henry (1818 - 1887); 1st Earl of Iddesleigh and Viscount St Cyres1818 - 1887
NA2869Carpenter; William Benjamin (1813 - 1885); naturalist1813 - 1885
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