Letter, from Alexander Rogers to Sir John Herschel, dated at New Quay, Leith
Reference number: HS/14/386
Date: 11 November 1807
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has arrived in Scotland. Recently witnessed a large comet. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel and family for hospitality at Slough.
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- HS/14/386
- Earliest possible date
- 11 November 1807
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- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Alexander Rogers, Letter, from Alexander Rogers to Sir John Herschel, dated at New Quay, Leith, 11 November 1807, HS/14/386, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_386/letter-from-alexander-rogers-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-new-quay-leith, accessed on 08 June 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 14 Pogson-R miscellaneous
1810-1871 Reference number: HS/14
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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