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Reference numberMC/10/323
LevelItem
TitleLetter from J [John] Winter Jones, Principal Librarian, British Museum, to the Secretary of the Royal Society
Date18 December 1875
DescriptionRelaying the museum's trustees' acceptance of the zoological and mineralogical specimens collected on Rodrigues and Kerguelen islands in 1874 by the naturalists on the transit of Venus expedition. Winter Jones reiterates the conditions of the donation.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
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