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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter from Benjamin Charles Stephenson, Office of Works, to John Frederick William Herschel

Reference number: DM/2/25

Date: 20 February 1827

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Requesting a drawing of the proposed alterations to Somerset House the Royal Society wishes to have undertaken.

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DM/2/25
Earliest possible date
20 February 1827
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1 page
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Benjamin Charles Stephenson

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Benjamin Charles Stephenson, Letter from Benjamin Charles Stephenson, Office of Works, to John Frederick William Herschel, 20 February 1827, DM/2/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/dm_2_25/letter-from-benjamin-charles-stephenson-office-of-works-to-john-frederick-william-herschel, accessed on 22 June 2025

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