BIB_ID
195734
Accession number
MA 13461
Creator
Brett, John, 1831-1902.
Display Date
1887 December 2.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Written on embossed stationery from the Athenaeum Club.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Inviting him to be his guest at the monthly dinner of the Royal Astronomical Society and describing the nature and purpose of the event ("We dine together once a month at Willis' Rooms at the unearthly hour of half past five ... We appear in morning dress of course, and one of the chief objects of the club is to introduce distinguished foreign astronomers who may happen to visit our Society.")
Catalog link
Department