Record

RefNoMC/2/283
LevelItem
TitleLetter from William Vaughan, 70 Fenchurch Street, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society]
Date28 May 1838
DescriptionEnclosing a copy of a letter written by Vaughan to Edward Everett, Govenor of Massachusetts, about the death of Nathaniel Bowditch. Vaughan suggests the admission of another American literary character, e.g. Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, President of the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia as an honorary member of the Royal Society.
[Enclosure is present and is labelled within the volume as MC/2/283a.]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3363Vaughan; William (1752 - 1850)1752 - 1850
NA6616Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist1779 - 1869
NA7458Bowditch; Nathaniel (1773 - 1838)1773 - 1838
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