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Letter from J F W Herschel to Thomas Bell

Reference number: DM/6/140

Date: 2 May 1852

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Herschel agrees to serve on and hopes will be able to attend meeting of Wintringham Bequest Committee. Comments on interpretation of will. P.S. stresses keeping to the time period specified in the will.

Reference number: DM/6/140
Earliest possible date: 2 May 1852
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter from J F W Herschel to Thomas Bell, 2 May 1852, DM/6/140, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/dm_6_140/letter-from-j-f-w-herschel-to-thomas-bell, accessed on 07 December 2024

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