sub-fonds GB 0117 MS 581 - Royal Society: outgoing letters of the Foreign Secretaries

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GB 0117 MS 581

Title

Royal Society: outgoing letters of the Foreign Secretaries

Date(s)

  • 1784-1847 (Creation)

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sub-fonds

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115 letters bound into one volume

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Foreign Secretaries of the Royal Society:

17 June 1784 Charles Peter Layard

22 March 1804 Thomas Young M.D.

30 November 1830 Charles Konig

30 November 1837 Captain William Henry Smyth, R.N.

30 November 1839 John Frederic Daniell

1 December 1845 Lieutenant Colonel Edward Sabine

30 November 1850 Captain William Henry Smyth R.N.

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GB 0117 MS 581 1784-1847 Sub-fonds 115 letters bound into one volume Young , Thomas , 1773-1829 , physician, physicist and Egyptologist

Smyth , William Henry , 1788-1865 , scientist and antiquary , Admiral

Daniell , John Frederic , 1790-1845 , chemist

Sabine , Sir , Edward , 1788-1883 , Knight , General and geophysicist

Konig , Charles Dietrich Eberhard , 1774-1851 , mineralogist

Layard , Charles Peter , 1749-1803 , clergyman

Foreign Secretaries of the Royal Society:

17 June 1784 Charles Peter Layard

22 March 1804 Thomas Young M.D.

30 November 1830 Charles Konig

30 November 1837 Captain William Henry Smyth, R.N.

30 November 1839 John Frederic Daniell

1 December 1845 Lieutenant Colonel Edward Sabine

30 November 1850 Captain William Henry Smyth R.N.

Copies of the outgoing letters written by the Foreign Secretaries of the Royal Society.

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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

English

Bound volume.

List of letters, persons and dates, in front of box.

Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Feb 2009. Daniell , John Frederic , 1790-1845 , chemist Smyth , William Henry , 1788-1865 , scientist and antiquary , Admiral Young , Thomas , 1773-1829 , physician, physicist and Egyptologist History of science Learned societies Sabine , Sir , Edward , 1788-1883 , Knight , General and geophysicist Konig , Charles Dietrich Eberhard , 1774-1851 , mineralogist Layard , Charles Peter , 1749-1803 , clergyman Royal Society Associations Science of science Organizations

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Copies of the outgoing letters written by the Foreign Secretaries of the Royal Society.

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Open

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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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List of letters, persons and dates, in front of box.

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Royal Society

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General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

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  • English

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