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Letter, from James Cowles Prichard to Sir John Herschel, dated at 1 Woburn Place

Reference number: HS/14/65

Date: 30 March 1848

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Glad John Frederick William Herschel finds James Cowles Prichard's paper suitable for Admiralty Manual. James Cowles Prichard allows question is physiological but also ethnological; admits problems but sticks to his thesis. Would John Frederick William Herschel be willing to assume a leading role in a planned new journal somewhat similar to the Athenaeum, but giving more attention to science?

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HS/14/65
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30 March 1848
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4 pages
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James Cowles Prichard, Letter, from James Cowles Prichard to Sir John Herschel, dated at 1 Woburn Place, 30 March 1848, HS/14/65, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_65/letter-from-james-cowles-prichard-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-1-woburn-place, accessed on 12 May 2026

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