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RefNoMC/1/224a
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Captain Edward Sabine, Secretary of the Royal Society, 50 Conduit Street, to Davies Gilbert, President of the Royal Society
Date21 May 1830
DescriptionEnclosing copies of the letters from Lord Downes, Military Secretary to the Master General of the Ordnance, and of Sir Alexander Dickson, Deputy Adjutant General of Artillery. Sabine stresses the need to rejoin his company in Ireland by the end of May 1830, and adding his notice of immediate resignation as Secretary of the Royal Society.
[Enclosures are present and labelled within volume as MC/1/224b. The item has an extent of 1p and includes two letters.]
Letter was entered into Council Meeting Minutes on 27 May 1830, Vol. 11, p. 94.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMC/1/224b
MC/1/224c
CMO/11
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8707Gilbert; Davies (1767-1839)1767-1839
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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