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Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Penzance

Reference number: HS/10/134

Date: 1 November 1867

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is grateful for his letter and will study the memoirs to which he refers. The Editor would also like a photograph; can John Frederick William Herschel oblige?

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HS/10/134
Earliest possible date
1 November 1867
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hunt

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Robert Hunt, Letter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Penzance, 1 November 1867, HS/10/134, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_134/letter-from-robert-hunt-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-penzance, accessed on 25 March 2025

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    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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