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RefNoMC/14/108
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [John Biddulph] Martin, Statistical Society, 9 Adelphi Terrace, to the Secretary of the Royal Society
CreatorMartin; John Biddulph (1841-1897)
Date23 February 1886
DescriptionRefers to [Michael Foster's] letter [NLB/1/71] in which Foster explains why the proposal of the Statistical Society's Fellows to adopt the abbreviation FRSS is undesirable after royal patronage. Martin informs Foster his point was discussed in their Council, 'when it was agreed that in the event of' them obtaining a royal charter no change would be made to the abbreviation of Fellows of the Statistical Society.

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Extent1p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordNLB/1/71
NLB/1/89
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