Record

RefNoMC/12/202
LevelItem
TitleLetter from R R W [Ralph Robert Wheeler] Lingen, Treasury Chambers, to the Secretary of the Royal Society
CreatorLingen; Ralph Robert Wheeler (1819-1905); British civil servant
Date6 October 1881
DescriptionForwarding a copy letter from the Treasury to the Vice-President of the Committee of Council on Education. The letter relates to the proposed grant of £500 for an expedition to Thebes for observations of the solar eclipse in May 1882.

[Enclosure is present, has an extent of 3p, and is labelled MC/12/202a within the volume.]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMS/427/135
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