RGO Archives/RGO 15 contains:
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44	Diary of Thomas Maclear
45	Address book
46	Calling cards
47	Volume references
48	Miscellaneous correspondence
49	Miscellaneous correspondence
50	Outgoing letters
51	Outgoing letters
52	Miscellaneous correspondence
53	Correspondence on Observatory administration
54	Correspondence of Thomas Maclear
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Papers of the Cape Observatory

Title	Miscellaneous correspondence
Reference	RGO 15/49
Covering Dates	1841–1860
Extent and Medium	10 folders

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Letters to Thomas Maclear on a variety of subjects, including requests for chronometers; requests for sets of observations and publications; instructions for work to be carried out; observations made at Williamstown, Victoria, 16 November 1859; work on the weights and measures bill; and accounting matters. There are also letters from the Admiralty referring to the renewal of the transit clock, 9 April 1857, and a printed notice on the 'Revolving Light on the Cape of Good Hope', 2 April 1860.

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Maclear, Sir Thomas (1794-1879) Knight, astronomer

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