Record

Reference numberNLB/46/746
Alternative reference numberNLB/46 p447
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to [John Lubbock], The Right Honourable Lord Avebury, Fellow of the Royal Society, President of the Selbourne Society, 42 Bloomsbury Square, W.C.
Date28 October 1912
DescriptionHis letter of 23 October, making a request for the memorial of the 250th Anniversary of the Royal Society for the Selbourne Library, has been submitted to the President [Sir Archibald Geikie]. He directs Harrison to say that, having regard to the great expense of preparing the facsimile Charter Book signatures and the new edition of the Record, the Society is unable to extend the presentation list for these volumes.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Physical descriptionTypescript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA5949Lubbock; John (1834 - 1913); 1st Baron Avebury1834 - 1913
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