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Reference numberMC/14/225
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Robert Hunt, Chelsea, to Herbert Rix
CreatorHunt; Robert (1807-1887)
Date14 June 1887
DescriptionHunt asks Rix to place his request to the Council of the Royal Society, to be 'allowed to withdraw from the list of Fellows'. Remarks he does this with reluctance, and due to 'the necessities of' his position 'and the stern contingencies of old age'.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueMC/14/246
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA3789Hunt; Robert (1807 - 1887); mineralogist1807 - 1887
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