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Reference numberMS/859/2/37
LevelItem
TitleLetter of appointment by Humphry Davy , nominating Charles Hatchett as Deputy President of the Royal Society
Date7 December 1820
DescriptionCommencing: 'Whereas his late Majesty King Charles the Second by his Letters Patent, bearing date the eighth day of April in the twenty first year of his reign did give and grant unto the President of the Royal Society....authority to nominate and appoint one of the Council...to be his Deputy...'. Signed and sealed by Davy and witnessed by Stephen Lee.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8200Davy; Sir; Humphry (1778 - 1829); chemist1778 - 1829
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