MCOL/Van de Weyer Albums/Album 5/ff.85r-85v
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12 October 1837
Part of Old Library
Autograph letter addressed from "16 Hart Street, Bloomsbury Square", signed, to Jean Sylvain Van de Weyer, referring to Professor Wheatstone at King’s College who asked to be introduced to Van de Weyer. Prof. Wheatstone wanted to show Van de Weyer the new electric telegraph laid at the Birmingham railroad and wanted to know if Belgium would be interested in such a system.
Van de Weyer, Jean Sylvain (1802-1874), diplomat