Record

RefNoMC/4/136
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Beat [Rudolf] de Lerber, Bern, Switzerland, to the Marquis of Northampton, President of the Royal Society
Date22 May 1846
DescriptionOffering lithographic prints of maps of the interior of Africa for the use of British and French authorities. He also references the political climate in Switzerland and drawing comparisons with historical events in England regarding Cromwell and the Stuart monarchy.

[The letter was translated in MC/4/138.]
LanguageFrench
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMC/4/138
MC/4/148
MC/4/151
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2272Compton; Spencer Joshua Alwyne (1790 - 1851); 2nd Marquess of Northampton1790 - 1851
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