Item 40 - Letter from Arthur Russell Forsyth to Henry Cayley

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O./6.6/40

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Letter from Arthur Russell Forsyth to Henry Cayley

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  • 13 Jun. 1923 (Creation)

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Imperial College of Science and Technology (Royal College of Science), South Kensington, London, S. W. 7. - Shortly after Cayley's father's death, Forsyth went through his papers at his widow's request; considers that 'everything had already been published save one short paper: and this was included in one of the volumes of his Collected Works'. Understands from personal experience how troublesome the task of dealing with papers can be.

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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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