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Cambridge Philosophical Society: Council minutes Volume 4, 1853-11-14 - 1871-10-17

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Reference Code: GBR/0279/CPS 2/1/4

Scope and Contents

Items tipped / pasted in include:
Printed notice announcing the publication of Part II of Volume VIII of the Society’s Transactions, 28 October 1844 (pasted in at front of volume);
Letter to the Secretary from L[eonard] Jenyns concerning his collection of Cambridgeshire insects, 14 May 1855;
Letter from J A Preston at 27 St Andrews Street to C C Babington, Secretary, at St John’s College, concerning the possibility of rearranging and augmenting the Society’s collection of lepidoptera, 19 November 1857;
Letter to C C Babington from R T Lowe, at Lea Rectory, Gainsborough, concerning the transfer to the University of the ‘Mad[eira]n Fishes’ in the Society’s collection, 19 June 1865;
Note concerning the award to Prof G G Stokes of the Hopkins Prize, 15 April 1867;
Letter from L Jenyns, from Bath, to C C Babington, expressing his hurt at the treatment of his collection of insects, 17 October 1867;
Letter from J De Morgan concerning a proposed paper on the history of logic, 15 December 1868;
Printed list of individuals and organisations to whom the Transactions are to be sent [1870].
Loose at 12 November 1866: note concerning porter’s duties at the New Museums in respect of the Society’s rooms and meetings, 1866.








Dates

  • Creation: 1853-11-14 - 1871-10-17

Extent

1 volume(s) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Originator(s)

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Finding aid date

2015-05-08 10:23:28+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Repository

Contact:
CPS Archivist, Joan Bullock-Anderson
c/o Sedgwick Museum Archives, A G Brighton Building
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