Letter, from P. O'Callaghan to Sir John Herschel, dated at Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society

Reference number: HS/13/159

Date: 15 May 1862

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends drawings of masses of ice that fell in the neighborhood on the 7th. Would like drawings returned to deposit them in the museum. Hopes grandchildren reached Collingwood safely.

Reference number: HS/13/159
Earliest possible date: 15 May 1862
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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P. O'Callaghan, Letter, from P. O'Callaghan to Sir John Herschel, dated at Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society, 15 May 1862, HS/13/159, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_159/letter-from-p-ocallaghan-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-leeds-philosophical-literary-society, accessed on 13 June 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 13 M miscellaneous-Plana
1812-1869 Reference number: HS/13

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