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Letter, from T[homas] Radford to Sir John Herschel, dated at Oxford

Reference number: HS/14/467

Date: 19 February 1860

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has a foreigner staying at his house. Has seen letter by this man addressed to John Frederick William Herschel. T. Radford wants to know if the foreigner is respectable. Thinks his name is [B.] Birkenthal.

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HS/14/467
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19 February 1860
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Radford

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Thomas Radford, Letter, from T[homas] Radford to Sir John Herschel, dated at Oxford, 19 February 1860, HS/14/467, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_467/letter-from-thomas-radford-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 17 October 2026

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