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  <dc:title>Copy letter from W [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society, B H [Burlington House], to the Master of the Mint [Thomas Graham]</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Informing him that the 'service of plate' presented to Sir Humphrey Davy and bequeathed to the Royal Society, 'is in fulfilment of his intention, to be melted down and sold, to found a medal to be given annually for important Chemical Discoveries'. Sharpey requests that Graham arrange this melting of the medal at the Royal Mint.

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  <dc:date>3 May 1869</dc:date>
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