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Reference numberMC/6/93
LevelItem
TitleLetter from W G [William Govett] Romaine, Admiralty, to the Secretary of the Royal Society
Date12 June 1860
DescriptionRequesting suggestions for the proposal to carry a line of deep sea sounding by the Faroe Islands, Iceland, and Greenland to Labrador. He refers to Captain McClintock's upcoming journey on HMS 'Bulldog'.

[Response by William Sharpey, secretary, on 25 June 1860, see related record.]
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueMS/426/695
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1600McClintock; Sir; Francis Leopold (1819 - 1907)1819 - 1907
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