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Reference numberMC/14/62
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Andrew Wilson Baird, Her Majesty's Mint, Calcutta, to [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society
CreatorBaird; Andrew Wilson (1842 - 1908)
Date10 July 1885
DescriptionAcknowledges receipt of Stokes's letter informing Baird of his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Baird is unable to present himself for either meetings in November, and requests the Society for a time extension for his admission. He has instructed his banker to pay the Society his subscription fee.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6677Baird; Andrew Wilson (1842 - 1908)1842 - 1908
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist1819 - 1903
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