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HOUG/A/D/3/5
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Letter from Henry Bowie, secretary of the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution, to Richard Monckton Milnes
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- 4 May 1863 (Creation)
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1 folded sheet.
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On headed notepaper, Philosophical Institution, 4 Queen Street, Edinburgh. - The Directors invite Milnes to deliver the Inaugural Address at the opening of the next session of the Philosophical Institution; they regret that he was not able to visit during the last session. Sir John Pakington delivered the Inaugural Address of last year's session, and the Bishop of St. David's [Connop Thirlwall] whom Bowie understands is Milnes' friend, the address of the previous year.