| RefNo | MC/9/487 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from H [Henry] Rawlinson, President of the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Savile Row, Burlington Gardens, to Sir George Biddell Airy, President of the Royal Society |
| Date | 4 February 1873 |
| Description | Regarding the North Polar exploration. Rawlinson encloses copies of two letters, one from the Chancellor of the Exchequer and his reply to [Robert] Lowe. Rawlinson goes on to discuss the Chancellor's refusal to send an Arctic expedition in 1873 and asks the Society to set up a committee to confer with the Royal Geographical Society's Arctic Committee to prepare a renewed proposal on this matter.
[Enclosures are present, have a total extent of 4p, and are labelled MC/9/487a and /487b within the volume.] |
| Extent | 8p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3846 | Rawlinson; Sir; Henry Creswicke (1810 - 1895) | 1810 - 1895 |
| NA8035 | Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician | 1801 - 1892 |