| Reference number | MC/4/24 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from James [Cosmo] Melvill, East India House, to the Marquis of Northampton, [President of the Royal Society] |
| Date | 16 May 1844 |
| Description | Forwarding the Court of Directors' response to Lieutenant Elliot and Sir John Herschel's application to conduct magnetic observations on islands near Singapore.
[Enclosure not present.]
[Letter and enclosure were read at Council and entered fully into minutes on 13 June 1844, with Elliot and Herchel's application for additional observations being denied.] |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related records in the catalogue | CMP/1/184 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7015 | Melvill; Sir; James Cosmo (1792 - 1861) | 1792 - 1861 |
| NA2272 | Compton; Spencer Joshua Alwyne (1790 - 1851); 2nd Marquess of Northampton | 1790 - 1851 |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |