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RefNoMS/547/5/100
LevelItem
TitleLetter from William Huggins, 90 Upper Tulse Hill, to [Alfred Bray] Kempe
CreatorHuggins; Sir; William (1824-1910); British astronomer
Date26 July 1901
DescriptionHas sent details of the missing letter to the Secretary of the General Post Office. The lost document is important and it will take [Sir William James Lloyd] Wharton some time to rewrite it, even if he has kept a copy. Huggins encloses a cheque for his share of the costs of the dinner. [George Robert Milne] Murray has told him that [William] Shackleton 'is very unacceptable to the other men'. Huggins is going to look over the 'Discovery' this afternoon.
Extent1p
FormatTypescript
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7376Huggins; Sir; William (1824 - 1910); astronomer1824 - 1910
NA6638Kempe; Sir; Alfred Bray (1849 - 1922)1849 - 1922
NA1021Murray; George Robert Milne (1858 - 1911); botanist and algologist1858 - 1911
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