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From: Frankie Roberto
4 May 2008
Dear Sir or Madam,
I would like to request the total number of objects that you hold
in your permanent collections.
If an exact figure is not available, please provide instead your
estimated total, along with an explanation as to how this figure
was calculated.
Yours faithfully,
Frankie Roberto
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From: Philip Abbott
Royal Armouries
6 May 2008
Dear Mr. Roberto
We have records for 68,253 objects on our collections database, however,
please note that the Museum has no clear definition of what an object is
(for example, is a suit of armour 1 object, or is a number of objects),
and that the figure is largely meaningless.
Philip Abbott
Head of Information and Research Services
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From: Frankie Roberto
6 May 2008
Dear Philip Abbott,
Many thanks for your response.
Yours sincerely,
Frankie Roberto
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