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  <dc:title>Copy Letter from George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield and President of the Royal Society to the Duke of Newcastle</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Concerning the draft Memorial addressed to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, regarding the necessity of sending expeditions to view the Transit of Venus in 1761, and a request for financial assistance, which he would like the Duke to see before he submits it</dc:description>
  <dc:date>5 July 1760</dc:date>
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