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

Reference number: HS/13/214

Date: 1 May 1841

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends pamphlet for John Frederick William Herschel from Philadelphia. Author [E. P.] Mason died at the early age of 22. Believes he used a Herschelian telescope. Has been a mild winter in Boston.

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HS/13/214
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1 May 1841
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2 pages
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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., 1 May 1841, HS/13/214, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_214/letter-from-robert-treat-paine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-boston-mass, accessed on 08 June 2026

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