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RefNoMC/9/273
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Alfred P Ryder, United Service Club, to the Secretary of the Royal Society
Date5 November 1871
DescriptionProposing to offer the Royal Society ten gold medals called 'The Royal Society naval medals for marine surveys and meteorological journals' to encourage research. Ryder goes into detail on the background and the conditions for the medals' awards.

[The letter is over two papers, the second of which is labelled MC/9/273a within the volume.]
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordMC/9/287
MC/9/292
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