Letters from Nevil Maskelyne to Joseph Banks.

Letter dated 6th January 1787 about securing papers belonging to the Board currently in the house of a person likely to be arrested. Banks’s response written on page 158, he has written an order to Richardson & Stanfield to give up the papers but needs Nevil’s signature.

Administrative / biographical background
Nevil Maskelyne and Joseph Banks were both key members of the Board of Longitude.

Record Details

Item reference: MSK/3/1/9
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1787-01-06
Creator: Maskelyne, Nevil
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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