RefNo | MM/7/130 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter from George Shuckburgh-Evelyn to Sir Joseph Banks |
Date | 21 April 1793 |
Description | Informing Banks that he has seen Windham who has told him of his design to appoint all the members of the Parliamentary Committee to investigate Mudge's petition.
Thomas Mudge petitioned Parliament after his Father's instrument to determine Longitude was awarded £500. Mudge believed it should have claimed the higher sums offered by the Board of Longitude and blamed Nevil Maskelyne for this. |
Extent | 1 side |
Format | Manuscript |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8358 | Shuckburgh-Evelyn; Sir; George Augustus William (1751 - 1804); mathematician | 1751 - 1804 |
NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |