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Letter, from Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland) to Alexander Herschel, dated at Alnwick Castle

Reference number: HS/13/363

Date: 29 December 1863

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Expresses thanks for receipt of photographs of John Frederick William Herschel.

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HS/13/363
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29 December 1863
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1 page
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Algernon Percy, Algernon Percy, Letter, from Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland) to Alexander Herschel, dated at Alnwick Castle, 29 December 1863, HS/13/363, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_363/letter-from-algernon-percy-4th-duke-of-northumberland-to-alexander-herschel-dated-at-alnwick-castle, accessed on 18 August 2026

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