Copy letter, John William Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society, to [Josiah Forshall] the Secretary of the British Museum Upon looking at the [British Museum] duplicate volumes, indicated to be of the value of £450 according to the account enclosed with the 14 June letter, Lubbock states that they are defective, of little value, and many duplicates [of Royal Society holdings]. He asks how the values were arrived at and whether Council has the power to reject undesirable volumes. 27 August 1831