Key Information
Reference code
KA/IC/D/4
Title
Letters, 1831, to the Secretary of King’s College London from correspondents with surnames or topics beginning with D
Date(s)
- 1831 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
21pp
Scope and content
Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including John Frederic Daniell (1790-1845) thanking the Council for appointing him the Professor of Chemistry; George D’Oyly (1778-1846), College founder and member of College Council, regarding the purchase of an organ for the Chapel and his suggestions for the opening ceremony of the College; Charles Wentworth Dilke (1789-1864), editor of the Athenaeum, requesting a copy of the design of the College for his magazine; Duland & Co offering to sell French and Italian books to the College; H W Dewhurst offering to prepare anatomical illustrations for the College. Also includes an extract from the will of Sarah Duppa bequeathing four thousand pounds to the College.