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Letter, from Robert Moffat to Sir John Herschel, dated at Kuruman

Reference number: HS/13/46

Date: 20 May 1862

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has instructed the printers to send John Frederick William Herschel proofs of Robert Moffat's book on the phonetic alphabet. [Note by John Frederick William Herschel: 'sent the first proofs to France.']

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HS/13/46
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20 May 1862
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Moffat

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Robert Moffat, Letter, from Robert Moffat to Sir John Herschel, dated at Kuruman, 20 May 1862, HS/13/46, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_13_46/letter-from-robert-moffat-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-kuruman, accessed on 09 August 2026

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