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ALL/01/026
Title
Travers: correspondence and press cuttings relating to the life and death of John Travers
Date(s)
- 1899–2003 (Creation)
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1 folder of loose papers
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(1921–2015)
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Scope and content
John Travers (1849–1937) was a marine chronometer escapement maker based in Ramsgate. File includes Travers' original correspondence; press cuttings relating to the Travers family; John Travers' obituary published in The Horological Journal (1938); notes and correspondence relating to his chronometer-fusee engine, and photographs.
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English