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  <dc:title>Letter from George Shuckburgh-Evelyn to Sir Joseph Banks</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Sending Banks the complete list of persons to serve on the Committee of the House of Commons to enquire into the Mudge petition.

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>29 April 1792</dc:date>
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