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  <dc:title>Letter from John Peter Gassiot, 77 Mark Lane to Colonel William Henry Sykes</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Gassiot has assured [William Radcliffe Birt] to give him £25, and Birt ‘promises’ to give up his ‘possession’ from the [Kew Observatory] on Wednesday. Gassiot has already advanced [Birt] £5, but this is not ‘prejudice any demands which he may consider he is entitled to make’. Discussion regarding instruments. Gassiot has asked Mr [John] Welsh to arrange a short report regarding experiments.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>19 September 1850</dc:date>
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