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RGO Archives/RGO 6 contains:
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6 Papers on Government superintendence
7 Papers on Government superintendence
8 Visitation papers
9 Visitation papers
10 Visitation papers
11 Visitation papers
12 Visitation papers
13 Visitation papers
14 Visitation papers
15 Visitation papers
16 Visitation papers
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Papers of George Airy

Title Visitation papers
Reference RGO 6/11
(former reference: M1/23)
Covering Dates 1853–1854
Extent and Medium 1 volume
Content and context

Letters concerning the Visitation of the Observatory, 4 June 1853.

Correspondence regarding the Visitation of 3 June 1854; the retirement of Sir F. Beaufort; the substitution of Captain Washington; a printed letter from R. Sheepshanks; an inquiry about S.H. Christie's continuance as Visitor; and the transmission of catalogues to Captain Becker. The papers date from 1854 to 1855.

Address to the individual members of the Board of Visitors by the Astronomer Royal on extension of the lunar reductions, 1853.

Report of the Astronomer Royal to the Board of Visitors, 4 June 1853.

Addendum to the Report of the Astronomer Royal to the Board of Visitors, 4 June 1853.

Report of the Astronomer Royal to the Board of Visitors, 3 June 1854.

Correspondence, 1853, concerning the distribution of the report of 4 June 1853, and of the preceding address.

Correspondence, 1854, concerning the distribution of the report of 3 June 1854.

Letters relating to the Visitation and Dinner of 4 June 1853.

Letters relating to the Visitation and Dinner of 3 June 1854, with a list of people to invite and their addresses.

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Indexed

Index Terms
Sheepshanks, Richard (1794-1855) astronomer
Beaufort, Sir Francis (1774-1857) Knight, Rear Admiral and hydrographer
Christie, Samuel Hunter (1784-1865) mathematician
Washington, John (1800-1863) Rear Admiral, hydrographer
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