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Reference numberMM/1
LevelFile
TitleMiscellaneous Manuscripts Volume 1
Date1676-1870
DescriptionThe majority of the letters in this Volume concern matters arising from Dr Charles Hutton's resignation as Foreign Secretary of the Society in 1784.

The Volume also contains correspondence from or concerning Robert Boyle, Isaac Newton, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz, Henry Oldenburg, Humphry Davy, Francis Beaufort and Sir Joseph Banks.

See also: 'The Banks Letters: A Calendar of the manuscript correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks preserved in the British Museum, British Museum (Natural History) and other collections in Great Britain', ed. Warren Dawson, London, 1958 and for Hutton's resigntion, M Boas-Hall, 'All Scientists Now: The Royal Society in the Nineteenth Century', Cambridge: CUP, 1984, p2.
Extent54 items
FormatManuscript and printed documents
Access statusOpen
Related materialSee also MM/22/10.
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