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Add. MS a/202/157
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Letter from Henry Thomas De La Beche
Fecha(s)
- 12 Mar. 1838 (Creación)
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3 pp
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Historia archivística
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Ordnance Press Office, Tower - During his survey of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset HTB obtained many organic remains, and the loan of many local collections of fossils. He applied and received a grant from the Treasury to enable Prof. [John] Phillips to describe and figure the organic remains. To make matters official could WW provide a testimonial indicating the importance to science of such a project, and a reference regarding Phillips's abilities [he has also applied to Adam Sedgwick and William Buckland].