Record

RefNoDM/4/16
LevelItem
TitleExtract of a letter from John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset, to Lord Carmarthen
Date15 March 1787
DescriptionOn the co-operations between the British and the French over the measuring of the relative situations of the observatories of Paris and London.

The Duke of Dorset was at the time the British Ambassador in Paris.
Extent1 side
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsOPEN - but photocopying forbidden.
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