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RefNoMS/426/183
AltRefNoMS/426 p74
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Edward Sabine, Foreign Secretary fo the Royal Society; to Mons. [Lambert Adolphe Jacques] Quetelet, Bruxelles [Brussels, Belgium]
Date16 January 1846
DescriptionInforms there are serious objections to importing foreign publications to individuals duty free [by the government]. States that only those going to Scientific Societies and Public Institutions should be addressed. Those for individuals should be packaged altogether and addressed to the Royal Society. Asks for a list of the individuals so they can contact them once the package arrives.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2866Quetelet; Lambert Adolphe Jacques (1796 - 1874)1796 - 1874
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