| Reference number | NLB/57/454 |
| Alternative reference number | NLB/57p257 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Miss Annie Foster; Pell View Wodplumpton, nr [near] Preston, Lancs [Lancashire] |
| Date | 11 November 1919 |
| Description | Writing to give thanks for the miniature portrait of Captain [Henry] Foster, Copley Medalist of the Royal Society [1827 'For his magnetic and other observations made during the Arctic expedition to Port Bowen'] sent by Sir Richard Threlfell after Miss Annie Foster handed it to him for presentation. Advises it was laid before the President [Sir Joseph John Thomson, PRS] and Council of the Royal Society 23 October, and has been placed in a suitable location in the apartments of the Royal Society. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Carbon |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7230 | Foster; Henry (1796 - 1831); navigator | 1796 - 1831 |
| NA8288 | Thomson; Sir; Joseph John (1856 - 1940); physicist | 1856 - 1940 |
| NA6235 | Threlfall; Sir; Richard (1861 - 1932); physicist and chemical engineer | 1861 - 1932 |