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Autograph letter signed by sender. Invitation to dinner next Wednesday.

Reference number
HS/13/230
Earliest possible date
3 June 1850
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Parsons

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William Parsons, Letter, from William Parsons (Lord Rosse) to Sir John Herschel, dated at 19 Great Cumberland St., 3 June 1850, HS/13/230, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_230/letter-from-william-parsons-lord-rosse-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-19-great-cumberland-st, accessed on 13 May 2026

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