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RefNoMC/4/135
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Sir Henry Thomas de la Beche, Director General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, to the Secretary of the Royal Society
Date7 May 1846
DescriptionRequesting a grant of volumes of the 'Philosophical Transactions' for the Geological Survey. De la Beche references plans for a library for easy access to the public.

[Request granted at Council on 7 May 1846. Responded to by Charles Richard Weld on 13 May 1846.]
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordCMP/1/206
MS/426/200
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3398Beche; Sir; Henry Thomas de la (1796 - 1855)1796 - 1855
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