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Autographed letter, incomplete. A year has passed since he sent news of local events and people. Hopes John Frederick William Herschel's work is progressing well. Gives news of local happenings at Slough.

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HS/13/103
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Henry Nelson

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John Henry Nelson, Incomplete letter, from John Henry Nelson to Sir John Herschel, HS/13/103, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_103/incomplete-letter-from-john-henry-nelson-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 07 June 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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