Item 48 - Letter from George Boole to William Whewell

Identity area

Reference code

MSPB/48

Title

Letter from George Boole to William Whewell

Date(s)

  • 1 Dec. 1847 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 folded sheet

Context area

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Source of acquisition unknown. Possibly part of the bequest of William Whewell, 1866.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Lincoln - Is sending a copy of his book on the suggestion of Augustus De Morgan; includes errata list.

Notes area

Note

Tipped in after the title page of Boole's The mathematical analysis of logic : being an essay towards a calculus of deductive reasoning (Cambridge, 1847), shelfmark 267.c.84.2[1].

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