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HOUG/E/M/3/57
Title
Letter from Henry Norton Shaw to Richard Monckton Milnes
Date(s)
- 26 Oct. 1860 (Creation)
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2 ff., with enclosure, 2 ff.
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Scope and content
On embossed notepaper for the Royal Geographical Society, 15 Whitehall Place, S.W. - The 'genial artist' John Burnet is in great want; encloses copy of an application for funds on his behalf. Enclosure: copy of application from members of the Royal Geographical Society to Lord Palmerston, 30 Jul. 1860, seeking a pension for John Burnet, with appended lists of his publications and engravings.