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  <dc:title>Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [William John] Blake, Esq.</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Inform of the decision of the Council to Commission Mr. [Richard] Westmacott to construct a pedestal for the Bust of Joseph Banks. This is on the understanding that he is about to receive a commission from Mr. [James] Watt for 2 pedestals for the busts of Watt's father [James Watt] and Sir Isaac Newton. Explains Mr. Westmacott has wished for a letter from Watt or a representative to commission the 2 pedestals. Gives Westmacott's address as Wilton Place, Knightsbridge.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>19 February 1845</dc:date>
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