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RefNoMC/9/288
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Richard Owen, British Museum, to Professor [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society
Date23 November 1871
DescriptionRegarding the suggestion that the trustees of the British Museum could help in defraying the cost of plates for the printing of a paper on the fossil remains of Australia's extinct mammals. Owen notes that only a select number of these specimens are in the trustees' possession and specifies the location of the others.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8083Owen; Sir; Richard (1804 - 1892)1804 - 1892
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903)1819 - 1903
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