CollectionGeorge III Calendar
ReferenceGEO/MAIN/54
Record TypeCorrespondence
Title"Memorial relating to the Royal Observatory at Greenwich"
DateSeptember 1764
Writer[Morton, 14th Earl of]
Addressee[Bute, 3rd Earl of]
DescriptionOn the work of Royal Astronomers to date, and a proposal concerning the future management of the Observatory.
LanguageEnglish
Extent1 document (2 pages)
Physical DescriptionLoose manuscript paper; mounted
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GEO_MAIN_54.pdf

PublicationsPublished in J. Fortescue (ed.) "Correspondence of King George III 1760-1783" Vol. 1 (London, 1927-1928), no. 43. With further note in L. B. Namier "Additions and Corrections to Sir John Fortescue's Edition of The Correspondence of King George III (Vol. 1)" (Manchester, 1937)
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