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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks for his letter and the enclosure of Dr. Andrew Smith. Will now write to C. R. Darwin. Can now wait on the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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HS/12/417
Earliest possible date
15 November 1846
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1 page
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 16 Belgrave Square, 15 November 1846, HS/12/417, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_12_417/letter-from-roderick-impey-murchison-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-16-belgrave-square, accessed on 10 September 2026

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