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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Draft of a letter from P M Roget

Reference number: DM/1/26

Date: 18 March 1831

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Letter endorsed with the names of J F W Herschel, William Whewell and W Harrison.

The letter was about Herschel, Whewell and Harrison's decision, not to become members of the Committee to revise the Royal Society's Charter.

Reference number
DM/1/26
Earliest possible date
18 March 1831
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Peter Mark Roget

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Peter Mark Roget, Draft of a letter from P M Roget, 18 March 1831, DM/1/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/dm_1_26/draft-of-a-letter-from-p-m-roget, accessed on 22 April 2025

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