Letter, from Reginald Stuart Poole to Sir John Herschel, dated at 1 West Terrace, Worthing

Reference number: HS/14/41

Date: 10 September 1860

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for reading his preface to The Genesis of the Earth and Man, and expresses the author's gratitude that John Frederick William Herschel believes the book will be interesting.

Reference number: HS/14/41
Earliest possible date: 10 September 1860
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Reginald Stuart Poole

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Reginald Stuart Poole, Letter, from Reginald Stuart Poole to Sir John Herschel, dated at 1 West Terrace, Worthing, 10 September 1860, HS/14/41, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_41/letter-from-reginald-stuart-poole-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-1-west-terrace-worthing, accessed on 22 July 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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