Record

RefNoMC/12/249
LevelItem
TitleLetter from the Duke of Richmond & Gordon, 49 Belgrave Square, to William Spottiswoode, [President of the Royal Society]
CreatorGordon-Lennox; Charles Henry (1845-1928); 7th Duke of Richmond and Lennox; 2nd Duke of Gordon; British politician
Date10 May 1882
DescriptionRegarding the Scottish Meteorological Society's proposal to establish a permanent meteorological observatory on Ben Nevis. He requests to add Spottiswoode's name to the Council of the Scottish Meteorological Society.

[The last page is on a separate paper, labelled MC/12/249a within the volume. A draft typed reply on 1p is also present as MC/12/249b.]
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
Typescript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMC/12/250
MC/12/251
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