Record

RefNoMC/11/160
LevelItem
TitleLetter from H W [Henry Wemyss] Feilden, Junior United Services Club, London, 2 Grosvenor Terrace, Aldershot, to Sir Joseph [Dalton Hooker], [President of the Royal Society]
CreatorFeilden; Colonel; Henry Wemyss (1838-1921); British Army officer; Arctic explorer; naturalist
Date25 January 1878
DescriptionOpposing the deposit of Nares' geological collection with the British Museum. Feilden recommends it be deposited at the Geological Society's museum at Burlington House. He also offers to arrange the collection himself free of charge.

[The letter covers two papers, the second of which is labelled MC/11/160a within the volume.]
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
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