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Autograph letter signed by sender. Francis Beaufort will send John Frederick William Herschel sheets from James Ross covering trip from the Cape to Van Diemen's Land. Laments Charles Riddell's leave of absence but acknowledges replacement Lieutenant Young

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HS/15/124
Earliest possible date
20 February 1841
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Edward Sabine

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Edward Sabine, Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Margate, 20 February 1841, HS/15/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_124/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-margate, accessed on 25 April 2025

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    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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