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Letter, from William Lassell to Sir Benjamin Brodie, dated at Sandfield Park near Liverpool

Reference number: HS/11/161

Date: 29 August 1861

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks Sir Benjamin Brodie for providing letters of introduction for William Lassell's time in Malta and an important memorandum regarding unboarding the telescope. Details of travels to Malta. Hoping Brodie is less indisposed. Postscriptum mentioning that Lassell was expecting the documents to be sent by Herschel rather than directly by Brodie, see HS/11/160.

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HS/11/161
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29 August 1861
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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William Lassell

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William Lassell, Letter, from William Lassell to Sir Benjamin Brodie, dated at Sandfield Park near Liverpool, 29 August 1861, HS/11/161, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_11_161/letter-from-william-lassell-to-sir-benjamin-brodie-dated-at-sandfield-park-near-liverpool, accessed on 14 March 2026

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