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RefNoMS/427/436
AltRefNoMS/427 p85
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TitleCopy letter from [Michael] Foster, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affrairs [Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh]
Date25 June 1885
DescriptionConsidering the proposal by Prof. [Charles Smart] Roy to go to Spain with Mr. [Charles Scott] Sherrington to study the outbreak of Cholera present at the time. States the confidence of the Council that the pair can overcome the scientific difficulties, and that the Spanish minister [Clare Ford] has no objections to the investigation, and supporting it by providing a sum of money for it. However asks for British representatives in Spain to assist the pair with any non-scientific difficulties encountered.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1416Roy; Charles Smart (1854 - 1897)1854 - 1897
NA8281Sherrington; Sir; Charles Scott (1857 - 1952)1857 - 1952
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