Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Professor George Gabriel Stokes, President of the Royal Society 'Dear Sir, Will you on the enclosed transfer (L & N.W.R. [London and North West Railway]) please write your name across the seal above the Treasurer's signature, and return the document to me. I am yours obediently, Herbert Rix Asst Sec [Assistant Secretary, Royal Society]'. 19 September 1888