Reference number | MM/7/107 |
Level | Item |
Title | Draft of a letter from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, to William Windham MP |
Date | 6 May [1793] |
Description | On the Mudge Committee meeting and on bringing witnesses to who can give an account of the comparative merits of Mudge's watch.
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. |
Extent | 1 side |
Format | Manuscript |
Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |