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Folios 134-135. To: The General Board of Health. From: George Shepherd, Civil Engineer,...

Catalogue reference: MH 13/269/80

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This record is about the Folios 134-135. To: The General Board of Health. From: George Shepherd, Civil Engineer,... dating from 1853 Feb 15 in the series General Board of Health and Home Office, Local Government Act Office: Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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MH 13/269/80
Date
1853 Feb 15
Description

Folios 134-135.

To: The General Board of Health.

From: George Shepherd, Civil Engineer, Imperial Russian Agency, 12 Pall Mall East, London.

Subject Matter: Letter advising that Robert Stephenson, Civil Engineer, and 'several other scientific and influential gentlemen' will meet at the Imperial Russian Agency on Thursday 17 February 1853, 'to witness some large experiments for manufacturing guano [manure] from the sewage of London'. Shepherd invites members of the General Board of Health to attend the same meeting.

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