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Letter, from Robert Treat Paine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Boston, Mass.

Reference number: HS/13/212

Date: 16 January 1838

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending hourly observations of 21 and 22 Dec. last. Comments on the weather during the winter. Performance of the shooting stars in November was poor. Hopes that John Frederick William Herschel will visit the United States on his way from Brazil to England.

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HS/13/212
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16 January 1838
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Robert Treat Paine

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Robert Treat Paine, Letter, from Robert Treat Paine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Boston, Mass., 16 January 1838, HS/13/212, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_212/letter-from-robert-treat-paine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-boston-mass, accessed on 13 June 2026

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