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Add MS 78907 I
- Record Id:
- 040-002037994
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002037985
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000337.0x000168
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 78907 I
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I. Petition to George III from William Garrard of Newington, co. Surr., requesting Letters Patent for sole rights to make and sell an ‘Antimeter or Reflecting Sector with its appendages for measuring angles accurately by land or sea’. An endorsement states that the King refers the matter to the Attorney or Solicitor General. With related affidavit, signed in Chancery; Dec. 1780. Purchased from J. L. M. Gulley, March 2003.
Paper; ff. 81-82v. 315 x 195mm.
George III of England: William Garrard, astronomer: Petition to George of William Garrard: 1780.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002037985
040-002037994 - Is part of:
- Add MS 78907 A-Z : Miscellaneous Letters and Papers
Add MS 78907 I : I. Petition to George III from William Garrard of Newington, co. Surr., requesting Letters Patent for sole rights to make… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002037985[0009]/040-002037994
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 78907 A-Z
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1780
- End Date:
- 1780
- Date Range:
- Dec 1780
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Garrard, William, of Newington, astronomer and petitioner to King George III, fl 1780
George III, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1738-1820