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Croker, John Wilson, 1780 - 1857 (politician and essayist)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Letter concerning the delivery of a chronometer to the Minx schooner via HMS Sparrowhawk under Commander Thomas Gill, 1829-07-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/230: 163
Scope and Contents

Sent from John Croker to John Pond.

Dates: 1829-07-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Note from John Croker to John Pond concerning the return of a chronometer by Earnshaw issued to HMS Icarus, 1824-05-24

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/229: 184
Scope and Contents From the File:

Correspondence between the Admiralty Office and the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, requesting the loan of chronometers for H M Ships. The principal recipient is John Pond; the principal correspondent is John Barrow. Other correspondents include John Croker, Richard S. Dundas, G. Smith, John Franklin and Sir William Edward Parry.

Dates: 1824-05-24
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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