Record

Reference numberMS/257/5/121
Alternative reference numberSa.1801
Previous numbersES5/25/1801
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [William Parkinson] Wilson, Melbourne University to Edward Sabine
Date25 February 1864
DescriptionRegarding Mr A J Smith bringing the matter of the telescope to parliament. Wilson informs Sabine that Smith is a member of the Board of Visitors, and was Captain [Joseph Henry] Kay’s assistant at Hobart Town. Includes a press cutting regarding Smith’s notice regarding the production of papers about the ‘purchase of a telescope of greater power than any previously used in the Southern Hemisphere’.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8279Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788 - 1883)1788 - 1883
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