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Letter to the Council of the Senate

Adams/Box 20/20/5/1
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5 Mar. 1857

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Resolutions concerning the conditions of residence, arrangements for lectures and election of Professors in the University, to be submitted to the Council of the Senate. WHB writing as Master of SJC.

Bateson, William Henry (1812-1881) Master of St John's College Cambridge

Lecture

Adams/Box 20/20/6/3
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1858 (Undated.)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

"Outline of lecture" - inaugural professorial lecture, probably for St Andrews, as all references are to mathematics rather than astronomy.

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer

Letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 20/20/7/1
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14 July 1848

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Royal warrant for payment of JCA's Civil List pension.

Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

Autograph letter signed to the Gresham Committee

Adams/Box 20/20/8/3
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2 Dec. 1854

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Testimonial for JCA for Gresham Professorship of Geometry.

Stokes, Sir George Gabriel (1819-1903) 1st Baronet, physicist

Testimonial, signed individually by the Master and five Fellows, for JCA for Lowndean Professsorship.

Adams/Box 20/20/9/2
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15 Nov. 1858

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Master and Fellows of Pembroke College

Printed poem

Adams/Box 20/20/12/2
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9 Feb. 1866

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

R.A.S. Anniversary Dinner. February 9th, 1866. Composed by Joseph Crumpy... " [series of songs on the history of the study of the motion of the moon]. [See 25/18/1 for another copy]

Riddles, in hand of JCA