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1 - Petition to the Admiralty by James Whidbey
2 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
3 - Copies of minutes of meetings of the Board of Longitude
4 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
5 - Letter from John Syeds, Rotherhithe, to Sir Joseph Banks
6 - Letter from Thomas Earnshaw, 119 High Holborn, to Sir Joseph Banks
7 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
8 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
9 - Short note by Joseph Banks
10 - Letter from Nevil Maskelyne, Greenwich, to Sir Joseph Banks
11A - Letter from James Johnston, Portsmouth, to Sir Joseph Banks
11B - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
12 - Letter from William Wales, Christ's Hospital, to Sir Joseph Banks
13 - Letter from Pearson & Loggon, Basinghall Street, to Sir Joseph Banks
14 - Letter from Nevil Maskelyne, Greenwich, to Sir Joseph Banks
15 - Letter from T Bygrave, 9 Mincing Lane, to Nevil Maskelyne
16 - Letter from Pearson & Loggen, Basinghall Street, to Sir Joseph Banks
17 - Letter from Nevil Maskelyne, Greenwich, to Sir Joseph Banks
18 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
19 - Letter from Pearson & Loggon, Basinghall Street, to Sir Joseph Banks
20 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
21 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
22 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
23 - Letter from B Bennitt to Sir Joseph Banks
24 - Letter from Rev Louis Dutens, Mount Street, to Sir Joseph Banks
25 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
26 - Letter from G Gilpin, Somerset House, to the Board of Longitude
27 - Notes about watch trials
28 - Draft of a letter from the Admiralty
29 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
30 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
31 - Letter from Joseph de Mandoza Rios, Paddington, to Sir Joseph Banks
32 - Copy of a minute of meeting of the Board of Longitude
33 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
34 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
35 - Draft of a letter from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, to John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent
36 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
37 - Letter from John Jervis, Earl St Vincent, Admiralty to Sir Joseph Banks
38 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
39 - Report of a committee of the Board of Longitude, into assisting Mendoza Rios publish tables facilitating the practice of astronomy at sea
40 - Copies and extracts of letters from Joseph de Mendoza Rios to Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, on the topic of the publication of Mendoza Rios's tables to aid navigation at sea
41 - 'Memorandum by Sir Joseph Banks on the question of Mr Earnshaw's chronometers'
42 - 'Proposed form of an oath to be tendered to Messrs Earnshaw and Arnold by two or more of the Commissioners of Longitude'
43 - Board of Longitude note about granting rewards
44 - Letter from Thomas Earnshaw, 119 High Holborn, to the Board of Longitude
45 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
46 - Letter from Mortlock, Surrey Place, to Joseph de Mendoza RIos
47 - Rough minutes of an extraordinary meeting of the Board of Longitude
48 - Draft letter from Joseph Banks
49 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
50 - Act of Parliament, 43 GEO III Cap 118
51 - Letter from 'A Mechanic' to the 'President of the Board of Longitude'
52 - Note by Joseph Banks on the composition of the Board of Longitude
53 - Letter from John Curchman, Tottenham Court Road, to the Board of Longitude
54 - Letter from Thomas Earnshaw, entitled 'Principle points for the consideration of the Board of Longitude'
55 - Joseph Banks, 'Protest against a vote of the Board of Longitude Granting to Mr Earnshaw a Record for the Merit of his Time-keepers'
56 - Letter from Thomas Earnshaw, 119 High Holborn, to the Board of Longitude
57 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
58 - Letter from 'A Mechanic' to Sir Joseph Banks
59 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
60 - 'Explanation of the Escapement of Mr Arnold's Time-keeper'
61 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
62 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
63 - Rough minutes of meeting of the Board of Longitude
64 - Draft letter from the Board of Longitude
65 - Letter from J Duncan to Sir Joseph Banks
66 - Letter from William Mason to Sir Joseph Banks
67 - Letter from Nevil Maskelyne, Soho Square, to Sir Joseph Banks
68 - Letter from William Mason, Lombard Street, to Sir Joseph Banks
69 - Report of House of Commons Committee on Thomas Earnshaw's petition
70 - Letter from William Lax to Sir Joseph Banks
71 - Letter from Jose de Mendoza Rios, Foley Street, to Sir Joseph Banks
72 - Letter from Jose de Mendoza Rios, Brighton, to Sir Joseph Banks
73 - Note by Joseph Banks about Mendoza Rios and his method of calculations
74 - Letter from Jose de Mendoza Rios, Foley Street, to Sir Joseph Banks
75 - Letter from Jose de Mendoza Rios, Foley Street, to Sir Joseph Banks
76 - 'Comparitive Analysis of Jose de Mendoza Rios's method for reducing the lunar distances...'
77 - 'Copy of a Letter from Captain Joseph de Mendoza Rios to Captain Hurd, Secretary to the Commissioners of Longitude'
78 - Letter from John Pond to Sir Joseph Banks
79 - Letter from Stephen Lee, Royal Society, to Sir Joseph Banks
80 - Letter from Jose de Mendoza Rios, Buckingham Place, to John Pond
81 - 'The Discovery of Longitude considered' by Anon
82 - Draft by Joseph Banks of an amending Act re Board of Longitude
83 - Letter from Dr Thomas Young, Admiralty, to Sir Joseph Banks
84 - 'Postscript to Dr Young's Letter on the Reduction of Experiments'
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