| Reference number | MC/25/134 |
| Alternative reference number | 10134 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from The Lifeboat Coffee Co Limd, 71 Eastcheap, London, E. C, to The Secretary, The Royal Society |
| Creator | The Lifeboat Coffee Co Limited, London |
| Date | 21 November 1910 |
| Description | Expresses interest in distributing a paper read before the society on the toxicity of theobromine and caffeine, by Victor Herbert Veley and Augustus Desire Waller. Requests permission to print and distribute copies among medical professionals, offering to cover expenses. Believes the paper will draw attention to the harmful qualities of caffeine. Includes 7 enclosures:
1) Copy of a letter by Victor Herbert Veley, dated 10 November 1910
2) Letter to Robert Harrison from Victor Herbert Veley, dated 11 November 1910
3) Letter to the Secretaries of the Royal Society from Victor Herbert Veley, dated 22 November 1910
4) Memorandum to the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society from Harrison & Sons, dated 27 October 1910
5) Internal Royal Society Memorandum for the Assistant Secretary, dated 28 October 1910
6) Letter from Lifeboat Coffee Co Limd, to Messrs Harrison & Sons, dated 27 October 1910
7) Newspaper cutting from The Daily Telegraph, dated 8 November 1910 |
| Extent | 9p |
| Format | Typescript |
| Physical description | Carbon |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1910.0051 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA178 | Veley; Victor Herbert (1856 - 1933) | 1856 - 1933 |
| NA8024 | Waller; Augustus Desire (1856 - 1922) | 1856 - 1922 |