“Leaving for Cold Spring Harbor tomorrow…”

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Lot 136 | “Leaving for Cold Spring Harbor tomorrow…”
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CRICK, Francis (1916-2004). Typed letter signed (“Francis” and in type “F.H.C. Crick”) to Leonard Hamilton, 30 May 1967.

One half page, 295 x 205mm. On Laboratory of Molecular Biology letterhead, University Postgraduate Medical School, Cambridge.

“Leaving for Cold Spring Harbor tomorrow…” In full: “Very pleased to get your letter of 25th May. I shall be leaving for Cold Spring Harbor tomorrow, so perhaps you could send a copy of the formal confirming letter to me there. Looking forward to seeing you in the near future. / Yours ever, Francis”. Crick co-presented a paper at the Cold Spring Harbor Symposium that year under the theme of the evolution and genetics of antibodies.
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