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Reference numberNLB/56/241
Alternative reference numberNLB/56 p147
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Joseph John Thomson, President of the Royal Society
Date20 December 1918
DescriptionRefers to the rehanging of the portraits that have been stored in the basement during the war. Suggests hanging the older Presidents of the Society in the Tea Room, keeping the recent Presidents in the meeting rooms and hanging other Officers of the Society in the officers' room. Asks Sir Joseph John Thomson if he approves.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8288Thomson; Sir; Joseph John (1856 - 1940); physicist1856 - 1940
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