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RefNoMC/12/278
LevelItem
TitleLetter from H T C Hunt, Port-au-Prince, Hayti, to the Earl of Granville
CreatorHunt; H T C (fl 1882)
Date14 October 1882
DescriptionConfirming the arrival of the French Academy of Sciences' commission, which was appointed to observe the transit of Venus. Hunt details some of [Antoine] d'Abbadie's plans to make his observations at Pétion-Ville.

[Place name: Port-au-Prince, Haiti]
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA948Leveson-Gower; Granville George (1815 - 1891); 2nd Earl Granville1815 - 1891
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