| Reference number | MC/14/47 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Thomas McKenny Hughes, Cambridge, to [Thomas George] Bonney |
| Creator | Hughes; Thomas McKenny (1832-1917); British geologist |
| Date | 13 June 1885 |
| Description | Refers to an appeal made on behalf of [Walter] Keeping and an illness effecting his 'mental faculties'. Hughes remarks on the good work Keeping has achieved, his appointment as Curator of the York Museum, and discusses the expense of Keeping's maintenance falling on his father Henry Keeping. Hughes requests a case to be made on behalf of Walter Keeping or his father.
Encloses a letter from [Thomas George] Bonney, President of the Geological Society, to the Secretary of the Royal Society, dated 14 June 1885, to bring the case of Walter Keeping to the attention of the Committee of the Scientific Relief Fund. |
| Extent | 8p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6474 | Bonney; Thomas George (1833 - 1923); geologist | 1833 - 1923 |
| NA6575 | Hughes; Thomas McKenny (1832 - 1917) | 1832 - 1917 |