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Acquisition by the Cambridge Philosophical Society of publications from overseas, 1834 - 1858

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0279/CPS 9/2/1

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers concerning the transport of, receipt of, duty on, and poste restante arrangements for parcels of publications from other bodies, including the Smithsonian Institution, Washington; the Société des Sciences, Bordeaux; and the Academy of Munich; also items from Vienna and Italy. Agents of transport include Williams & Norgate of 14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden; C F Molini of 17 King William Street, West Strand; Golden Cross Foreign Office, 41 Regent Circus, Piccadilly; and Hippolyte Baillière, 219 Regent Street. The file also contains (undated) manuscript lists of other societies to which the Cambridge Philosophical Society sent its Transactions, including overseas societies.

Dates

  • Creation: 1834 - 1858

Extent

1 file(s) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Date information

DateText: [1834-35 and 1851-58.].

Originator(s)

Various

Finding aid date

2015-05-11 16:00:16+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
Madingley Rise
Cambridge CB3 0UD