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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has not answered his letter as he was called to town. Has seen the solicitor who drew up the agreements for the letting of John Frederick William Herschel's property at Slough. The tenant can now be given notice. Would John Frederick William Herschel like JN to make it known that the property is now open to offer again?

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HS/13/105
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Henry Nelson

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John Henry Nelson, Letter, from John Henry Nelson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Upton Court, HS/13/105, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_105/letter-from-john-henry-nelson-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-upton-court, accessed on 08 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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