| Reference number | MM/10/131 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, Plymouth, to Dr Thomas Birch |
| Date | 27 January 1761 |
| Description | On the possible re-routing of the voyage of HMS 'Seahorse' to observe the Transit of Venus in 1761.
Mason and Dixon again make the case for voyaging to Scanderoon ("...it will make a third Point upon the Earth's Disk of very great advantage to those of St Helena and Greenwich") and end their letter "we impatiently wait the Council's Resolutions". |
| Extent | 1 side |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1244 | Mason; Charles (c 1699 - 1771) | c 1699 - 1771 |
| NA2583 | Dixon; Jeremiah (1726 - 1782) | 1726 - 1782 |
| NA8129 | Birch; Thomas (1705 - 1766) | 1705 - 1766 |