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Letter, from Elizabeth Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hastings

Reference number: HS/15/335

Date: 3 January 1850

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for letter and concern shown during Edward Sabine's illness. He is recovering.

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HS/15/335
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3 January 1850
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Elizabeth Sabine

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Elizabeth Sabine, Letter, from Elizabeth Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hastings, 3 January 1850, HS/15/335, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_335/letter-from-elizabeth-sabine-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-hastings, accessed on 04 December 2024

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