Record

RefNoNLB/20
AltRefNoNLB/20
LevelFile
TitleNew Letter Book volume 20, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration
Date11 January 1900-14 July 1900
DescriptionNew Letter Book volume 20 containing carbon copies of outgoing Royal Society correspondence. Subjects are general administrative, including material on committees, refereeing and printing of papers, soirees and other annual routines.

Primary author: Assistant Secretary, Robert William Frederick Harrison.

Primary recipients: Colonial Office; Michael Foster; George Carey Foster; Foreign Office; William Abbott Herdman; William Dobinson Halliburton; Harrison & Sons; Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee; Lord Joseph Lister; Robarts, Lubbock & Company.

Contains alphabetical index of letter recipients referring to the page on which the letter is to be found, but not to the individual letter.
Extent516p comprising 822 letters
FormatCarbon
Manuscript
PhysicalDescriptionVolume half-bound in brown leather, brown cloth binding.
DimensionsHeight 44(cm), width 29(cm).
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8220Foster; Sir; Michael (1836 - 1907); physiologist1836 - 1907
NA6347Foster; George Carey (1835 - 1919); physicist1835 - 1919
NA6570Herdman; Sir; William Abbott (1858 - 1924)1858 - 1924
NA8059Halliburton; William Dobinson (1860 - 1931)1860 - 1931
NA8069Lister; Joseph (1827 - 1912); 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis; surgeon and pioneer of antiseptic surgery1827 - 1912
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