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

Reference number: HS/15/180

Date: 15 October 1845

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Received John Frederick William Herschel's note saying Lord Northampton already wrote to Sir Robert Peel. Wants to explain how Royal Society [of London] was left without a foreign secretary.

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HS/15/180
Earliest possible date
15 October 1845
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2 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 Sandgate, 15 October 1845, HS/15/180, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_180/letter-from-edward-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-sandgate, accessed on 10 November 2024

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