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  <dc:title>Letter from George Shuckburgh-Evelyn to Sir Joseph Banks</dc:title>
  <dc:description>William Windham MP has left Evelyn a message that he will proceed on Mudge's Petition on 23 April.

Thomas Mudge petitioned Parliament after his Father's instrument to determine Longitude was awarded £500.  Mudge believed it should have claimed the higher sums offered by the Board of Longitude.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>19 April 1793</dc:date>
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