| Reference number | MM/7 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Miscellaneous Manuscripts Volume 7 |
| Date | 1714-1905 |
| Description | Nos 1 to 6 Letters to Professor TG Bonney, 1882-1905.
Nos 7 to 160 Letters and papers of the Board of Longitude, seemingly accumulated by Sir Joseph Banks, 1714-1796.
Most of the papers deal with correspondence concerning the Mudge family. Thomas Mudge petitioned Parliament after his Father's instrument to determine Longitude was awarded £500. Mudge believed it should have claimed the higher sums offered by the Board of Longitude. After much pamphleteering, Parliament found in Mudge's favour, awarding him another £2500. |
| Extent | 164 items |
| Format | Manuscript and typescript documents |
| Access status | Open |
| Administrative history | Nos 1 to 6 Presented by Major Wetherall March 1960 at the suggestion of WW Watts, RS
Nos 7 to 160 Presented by Earl Baldwin of Bewdley 1938. (Continues in MM/8) |
| Related material | See also: <i>The Banks Letters: A Calendar of the manuscript correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks preserved in the British Museum, British Museum (Natural History) and other collections in Great Britain</i>, ed. Warren Dawson, London, 1958; <i>Sir Joseph Banks</i>, Harold B Carter, London, 1988 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6474 | Bonney; Thomas George (1833 - 1923); geologist | 1833 - 1923 |
| NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |