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  <dc:title>Letter from Spencer F [Fullerton] Baird, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, to Dr Alex W [Alexander William] Williamson, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society, London</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Requesting a copy of the original application to the Royal Society regarding James Macie Smithson's election. Baird also asks for information regarding a potential disagreement between Smithson and the Society's Council. The Smithsonian Institution is preparing a biography on him. </dc:description>
  <dc:date>15 April 1880</dc:date>
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