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RGO Archives/RGO 15 contains:
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54 Correspondence of Thomas Maclear
55 Miscellaneous correspondence
56 Correspondence on weights and measures
57 Letters to Thomas Maclear
58 Letters from Simon's Town Naval Yard
59 Letters from the Admiralty
60 Letters from the Colonial Office
61 Letters on the Magnetic Observatory fire
62 Miscellaneous letters
63 Miscellaneous letters
64 Letters on the Port Elizabeth Time Ball
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Papers of the Cape Observatory

Title Letters from the Admiralty
Reference RGO 15/59
Covering Dates 1853–1870
Extent and Medium 1 bundle
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Letters to Thomas Maclear from the Admiralty and the Hydrographer's Department regarding administrative and financial matters. The subjects include:

The appointment of Mr Mann as assistant at the Cape Observatory, 14 September 1853.

The discovery of the minor planet Euterpe by J.R. Hind, with observational places, 8 November 1853.

Financial estimates for the year 1861-1862.

Sanction for the payment of the Simon's Town time ball, 6 May 1861.

Inventory of the Transit Circle Room, 18 October 1870.

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Index Terms
Admiralty
Hind, John Russell (1823-1895) astronomer
Maclear, Sir Thomas (1794-1879) Knight, astronomer
Mann, William (1817-1873) astronomer
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