Description | Geikie is pleased to hear that Sang has placed the valuable documents [belonging to her late father, Dr Edward Sang] with the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He assures her that, as far as the Royal Society is concerned, there were no pre-existing arrangements or understandings with regard to Dr Sang's papers.
Furthermore, the Royal Society had nothing to do with her pension. All correspondence on the subject took place between Geikie and the Treasury. There may have been a belief that she intended to bequeath Dr Sang's tables to the Nation, but the pension was granted on the basis of his distinguished career and not as payment for his papers. Geikie credits the members of the Royal Society of Edinburgh with the desire to serve Miss Sang and her sister whilst also doing all they could to preserve the logarithmic tables. |