Item 38 - Copy of letter from W. W. Rouse Ball to Andrew Russell Forsyth

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O./6.6/38

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Copy of letter from W. W. Rouse Ball to Andrew Russell Forsyth

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  • 12 Jun. 1923 (Creation)

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Trinity College, Cambridge. - Is 'somewhat staggered by the quantity of Cayley papers' sent to him; asks if he is right in thinking that Forsyth went through them when preparing the collected edition of Cayley's works, and that his own task is 'chiefly that of distribution to those who would value letters and notes by him'.

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      Corresponding holes in the top left of items O.6.6/35-40 suggest that at one point they were kept fastened together (perhaps with a butterfly clip) by Rouse Ball.

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