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RefNoMS/257/1/157
AltRefNoSa.157
Previous numbersES1/23/157
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Robert Grymbald Bigsby, Repton near Burton-on-Trent to James Clark Ross
Date30 July 1847
DescriptionBigsby thanks Ross for his support regarding Bigsby’s application to the University of Glasgow for the degree of LLD, and notes there can be no higher recommendation than Ross’s who has many achievements. Bigsby is extremely grateful to Ross, and to show this gratitude he would like to write about the results of Ross’s work in his periodical, the Monthly Review.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1515Bigsby; Robert (1806 - 1873)1806 - 1873
NA7948Ross; Sir; James Clark (1800 - 1862)1800 - 1862
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