Record

RefNoMS/123/19
LevelItem
TitleLetter from the Duke of Sussex to John George Children, British Museum, Montague Street, London
Date15 September 1834
DescriptionThe handwriting in this letter has not yet been deciphered and as such the content is largely unknown. The letter appears to relate to offices [in Somerset House] put at the disposal of the Royal Society by the Treasury, and to a difference of opinion between the Duke of Sussex and the Council of the Royal Society as to which of them was to make the decision on the allocation of these offices.
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8338Augustus Frederick (1773 - 1843); Duke of Sussex1773 - 1843
NA3175Children; John George (1777 - 1852); chemist1777 - 1852
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