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RefNoNLB/1/90
AltRefNoNLB/1 p77
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Herbert Rix, to the Secretary, Edinburgh International Exhibition, 29 Hanover Street
Date22 March 1886
DescriptionIn answer to the Secretary's application of 2 March [1886] the President and Council of the Royal Society agreed at their last meeting that the portrait of Edmund Halley by T Murray should be lent to the Executive of the Edinburgh International Exhibition of 1886 on condition that they insure it against all risks.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialsee NLB/1/96
RelatedRecordMC/14/111
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