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  <dc:title>Letter from General [Edward] Sabine, 26 Marina [?], to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Requesting on behalf of [Christian Charles Josias von] Bunsen further any updates on the Court of Directors' decision regarding the brothers Schlagintweit's potential expedition to the Himalaya. Sabine further anticipates communication with the president, the Earl of Rosse, and references other developments, such as the sale of [Thomas] Cotton's observations via George Biddell Airy.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>23 December 1853</dc:date>
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