Letter, from Roderick Impey Murchison to Sir John Herschel, dated at Up Park, Petersfield

Reference number: HS/12/401

Date: 21 December 1839

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Requesting John Frederick William Herschel to write the next Anniversary address for the meeting of the B.A.A.S. as there is no local person capable of producing one.

Reference number: HS/12/401
Earliest possible date: 21 December 1839
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: 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 Up Park, Petersfield, 21 December 1839, HS/12/401, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_12_401/letter-from-roderick-impey-murchison-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-up-park-petersfield, accessed on 13 September 2026

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 12 Macann-Murray
1825-1870 Reference number: HS/12

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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