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Crewe MS/8/f. 30r
Title
Letter from R. M. Milnes to Arthur Hallam, written during an ascent in a balloon on 29 May 1829, with later notes on the occasion of its composition
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- 29 May 1829 (Creation)
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1 folded sheet
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(The date of the ascent is mistakenly given as 1828.)
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The letter is pasted into Crewe MS 8 (f. 30r). The accompanying notes are written on the leaf of the volume.
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Publication note
The letter and one of the accompanying notes are printed in T. Wemyss Reid, The Life, Letters, and Friendships of Richard Monckton Milnes, First Lord Houghton (1891), i. 66–7.