Whitechapel
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Letter from John Henry Harris to the Board of Longitude, 1810-12-29
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 556
Scope and Contents
Stating his wish to claim the reward for longitude.
Dates:
1810-12-29
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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GBR/0180/RGO, Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
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Papers of the Board of Longitude
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Correspondence regarding impracticable schemes for establishing longitude
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Miscellaneous correspondence, 1782-1827
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Letters from John Henry Harris to the Board of Longitude
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Letter from John Henry Harris to the Board of Longitude, 1814-01-22
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 557-557a
Scope and Contents
Stating that he had made 'a valuable discovery of the longitude'.
Dates:
1814-01-22
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
GBR/0180/RGO, Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives
/
Papers of the Board of Longitude
/
Correspondence regarding impracticable schemes for establishing longitude
/
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1782-1827
/
Letters from John Henry Harris to the Board of Longitude
Item
Letter from John Henry Harris to Thomas Hurd, 1811-06
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 266-268
Scope and Contents
In which Harris applied for £100 to make a timepiece and made a claim for the £20,000 reward.
Dates:
1811-06
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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Letter from Naphthali Lewy to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Whitechapel, 1878-05-14
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 201: 21
Scope and Contents
Letter from Naphthali Lewy to Charles Robert Darwin; written at Whitechapel
(Letter)
Dates:
1878-05-14
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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