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Unpublished letter, regarding the recovery of treasure from the wreck of HMS Thetis from M I [Marc Isambard] Brunel to J G [John George] Children

Reference number: AP/18/5f

Date: 15 May 1834

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Brunel suggests that the Royal Society should not publish Thomas Dickinson's account of the recovery of treasure from the wreck of HMS Thetis due to the fact that his account has already been published in the Nautical Magazine. He further suggests that the Society should give no publicity to de Roos's account of the recovery as they have 'added nothing to his predecessor's expedients and proceedings'.

Marked on verso as 'not printed'.

Reference number
AP/18/5f
Earliest possible date
15 May 1834
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Unpublished letter, regarding the recovery of treasure from the wreck of HMS Thetis from M I [Marc Isambard] Brunel to J G [John George] Children, 15 May 1834, AP/18/5f, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_18_5f/unpublished-letter-regarding-the-recovery-of-treasure-from-the-wreck-of-hms-thetis-from-m-i-marc-isambard-brunel-to-j-g-john-george-children, accessed on 09 May 2026

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