| RefNo | MC/6/41 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Purnell B [Bransby] Purnell, County Chairman of Gloucestershire, Stancombe Park, Dursley, to the Council of the Royal Society, Burlington House |
| Date | 26 October 1859 |
| Description | Requesting permission to have a copy taken from one of the Society's portraits of Sir Isaac Newton. Purnell claims a relation to Newton and suggests Lowes Dickinson make the copy.
[Affirmative response from William Sharpey, secretary, on 29 October 1859.] |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | MS/426/676 |
| MC/6/42 |
| MC/7/62 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8414 | Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician | 1642 - 1727 |