| Reference number | MC/2/283 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from William Vaughan, 70 Fenchurch Street, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society] |
| Date | 28 May 1838 |
| Description | Enclosing a copy of a letter written by Vaughan to Edward Everett, Govenor of Massachusetts, about the death of Nathaniel Bowditch. Vaughan suggests the admission of another American literary character, e.g. Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, President of the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia as an honorary member of the Royal Society.
[Enclosure is present and is labelled within the volume as MC/2/283a.] |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3363 | Vaughan; William (1752 - 1850) | 1752 - 1850 |
| NA6616 | Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist | 1779 - 1869 |
| NA7458 | Bowditch; Nathaniel (1773 - 1838) | 1773 - 1838 |