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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is anxious that John Frederick William Herschel's son should have every chance of making himself known. Suggests dates for lectures and fees.

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HS/10/341
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Bence Jones

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Henry Bence Jones, Letter, from Henry Bence Jones to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Institution, HS/10/341, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_10_341/letter-from-henry-bence-jones-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-royal-institution, accessed on 14 March 2026

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    This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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