From:
Pierce Butler
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[29 November 1867]
Source of text:
TxU:H/MW-0246.5; Reel 15
Summary:
[Last page only] Seeks financial support for exploratory survey of Sinai Peninsula.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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[Last page only] Seeks financial support for exploratory survey of Sinai Peninsula.
Grateful for JH's interest in survey of Sinai Peninsula and loan of JH's theodolite. [H. S.] Palmer will visit JH and receive instruction in its use. Asks to name JH as co-trustee of survey with Henry James.
JH and R. I. Murchison have agreed to be trustees [of Sinai survey; see PB's 1869-12-9]. Subscriptions to support survey. Sends description of expedition. Royal Geological Society unanimously approved survey.
Describes JH's theodolite by G. F. Reichenbach and offers to loan it for PB's survey [of Sinai Peninsula].