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RefNoMC/8/439
LevelItem
TitleLetter from George Verdon, Agent General for Victoria, 8 Victoria Chambers, Victoria Street, to the Royal Society
Date2 November 1869
DescriptionRegarding a mistake published in a newspaper in relation to the Australian government and the Board of Visitors. The problem relates to Ellery's criticism of the new telescope at Melbourne Observatory.

[The last two pages are on a separate paper, labelled MC/8/439a within the volume.]
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMC/8/436
MC/8/408
MC/9/3
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