Address: Grove House, St David's, Haverfordwest, [Pembrokeshire]. To an unidentified correspondent. Accompanying a copy of his work on the decimal system: '... it is the first book which embraces the whole System of Money and Measures that has yet appeared ... You will perceive that this system is very superior to that in France [i.e. to the metric system]'.
Autograph, with signature.
William Henry Rowlestone Jessop letter
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- ReferenceGB 96 AL254
- Dates of Creation17th Oct 1855
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- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description7.25" x 5.25" 1 sheet
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This document is inserted in W H R Jessop 'A complete decimal system of money and measures' volume 1 - Library classmark [G.L.] E.855. To request the document, please place an order for the volume, specifying that you wish to see the autograph letter AL254.
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