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RefNoMC/2/38
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Lady [Jane] Rodd, [40] Wimpole Street, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society]
Date21 May 1832
DescriptionRequesting permission to have a plate within a book belonging to her father, Major James Rennell, concerning proof of a current near Ireland, in 'Philosophical Transactions' 1815, Plate 10.

The back of the letter contains a response from Roget, dated 10 June 1832, relaying the Council's decision to let Lady Rodd use the plate to illustrate her father's work on the currents in the Atlantic Ocean.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1815.0012
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3649Rennell; James (1742 - 1830)1742 - 1830
NA6616Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist1779 - 1869
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