Record

RefNoMC/14/47
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Thomas McKenny Hughes, Cambridge, to [Thomas George] Bonney
CreatorHughes; Thomas McKenny (1832-1917); British geologist
Date13 June 1885
DescriptionRefers to an appeal made on behalf of [Walter] Keeping and an illness effecting his 'mental faculties'. Hughes remarks on the good work Keeping has achieved, his appointment as Curator of the York Museum, and discusses the expense of Keeping's maintenance falling on his father Henry Keeping. Hughes requests a case to be made on behalf of Walter Keeping or his father.

Encloses a letter from [Thomas George] Bonney, President of the Geological Society, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, dated 14 June 1885, to bring the case of Walter Keeping to the attention of the Committee of the Scientific Relief Fund.
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6474Bonney; Thomas George (1833 - 1923)1833 - 1923
NA6575Hughes; Thomas McKenny (1832 - 1917)1832 - 1917
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