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Reference numberMC/28/219
Alternative reference number13219
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Edgar Prestage, Midland Grand Hotel, to the [Royal Society]
CreatorPrestage; Edgar (fl 1913)
Date5 June 1913
DescriptionReferring to a case of books sent to the Royal Society by the Lisbon Academy of Science, which was delayed in transit. Informs that on returning to Portugal he got the Academy officical to write to the shipping agents, who were employed to forward the case and who noted that they had delivered it to the Society in November. Enquires whether the case may have been accidentally delivered to a different Society in Burlington House.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueNLB/48/280
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