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RefNoMC/16/114
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Henry William] Primrose, HM Office of Works, 12 Whitehall Place, to the Secretary of the Royal Society
CreatorPrimrose; Sir; Henry William (1846-1823)
Date1 May 1894
DescriptionPrimrose includes a 'communication' regarding the Kew Observatory, addressed to the Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, and remarks on the inconvenience and confusion of letters and parcels being misdirected to the Royal Gardens, intended for the Kew Observatory. Enquires if the Council of the Royal Society are able to to anything in their 'power to make clearer the distinction between the two establishments'.
Extent4p
AccessStatusOpen
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