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Reference numberMC/21/577
Alternative reference numberMC.06577
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Cyrus Adler, Assistant Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, International Exchanges, Washington D.C., to Robert [William Frederick] Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society
Date28 September 1906
DescriptionInforms an earthquake on April 18-20 destroyed the buildings of California Academy of Sciences along with it 'valuable collections and library. Requests the Royal Society to supply a set of their publications to the Academy.

[For reply, see related records].
Extent1p
FormatTypescript
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueNLB/33/616
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