Letter, from Adam Sedgwick to Sir John Herschel, dated at London
Reference number: HS/15/423
Date: 17 May 1844
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Discusses prior meeting of B.A.A.S. to determine if [Cambridge] University would receive it. Says meeting went well. Asks if John Frederick William Herschel will agree to chair the B.A.A.S. meeting.
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- HS/15/423
- Earliest possible date
- 17 May 1844
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- 5 pages
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- Manuscript
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Adam Sedgwick, Letter, from Adam Sedgwick to Sir John Herschel, dated at London, 17 May 1844, HS/15/423, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_423/letter-from-adam-sedgwick-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-london, accessed on 19 May 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 15 Sabine-Selwyn
1820-1870 Reference number: HS/15
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Adam Sedgwick
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John Frederick William Herschel
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