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Letter, from Roderick Impey Murchison to Sir John Herschel, dated at 2 Eccleston St.

Reference number: HS/12/393

Date: 8 June 1838

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Regarding tickets for Lady Herschel's gallery. There has been some fracas with Charles Babbage over the distribution of these tickets.

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HS/12/393
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8 June 1838
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Roderick Impey Murchison

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Roderick Impey Murchison, Letter, from Roderick Impey Murchison to Sir John Herschel, dated at 2 Eccleston St., 8 June 1838, HS/12/393, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_12_393/letter-from-roderick-impey-murchison-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-2-eccleston-st, accessed on 13 September 2026

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