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Copy letter from H T [Hartley Trevors] Ferrar, Survey Department, Giza, Egypt, to [William Napier] Shaw

Reference number: MS/591/2/6

Date: 03 January 1909

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Ferrar thanks Shaw for answering his question about payments. He also says he will write a separate paper detailing his observations from the Expedition, and would like his observations returned so that he can add the positions at which they were taken.

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MS/591/2/6
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03 January 1909
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1 page
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Typescript copy

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Hartley Travers Ferrar

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Hartley Travers Ferrar, Copy letter from H T [Hartley Trevors] Ferrar, Survey Department, Giza, Egypt, to [William Napier] Shaw, 03 January 1909, MS/591/2/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_591_2_6/copy-letter-from-h-t-hartley-trevors-ferrar-survey-department-giza-egypt-to-william-napier-shaw, accessed on 11 August 2026

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