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RefNoMC/4/209
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Charles Richard Weld, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, to [Samuel Hunter] Christie, Secretary of the Royal Society
Date28 January 1848
DescriptionRegarding Captain [William] Yolland's request for General [William] Roy's theodolite observation books. Weld confirms that the Royal Society does not have these nor does the Astronomer Royal [George Biddell Airy]. He suggests the archives of the Ordnance Office.

[Copy letter in related letter books from Manuscripts General.]
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMS/426/309
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3648Yolland; William (1810 - 1885)1810 - 1885
NA8168Christie; Samuel Hunter (1784 - 1865); mathematician1784 - 1865
NA6264Roy; William (1726 - 1790)1726 - 1790
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