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Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Woolwich

Reference number: HS/15/158

Date: 26 April 1844

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Autograph letter signed by sender, with annotations by recipient. Encloses bills for the Committee. [Johann] Lamont will be in England that year to correct continental surveys. Glad John Frederick William Herschel will be president [of B.A.A.S. meeting] a

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HS/15/158
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26 April 1844
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Sabine

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Edward Sabine, Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Woolwich, 26 April 1844, HS/15/158, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_158/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-woolwich, accessed on 10 December 2024

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