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Copy letter, from Adam Sedgwick to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at London

Reference number: HS/15/429

Date: 8 January 1846

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Copy of a letter. Thanks her for her hospitality. Discusses letter read at Geological Society the previous night. Asks that Mrs. [G. B.] Airy's picture be returned.

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HS/15/429
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8 January 1846
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Adam Sedgwick

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Adam Sedgwick, Copy letter, from Adam Sedgwick to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at London, 8 January 1846, HS/15/429, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_429/copy-letter-from-adam-sedgwick-to-margaret-brodie-herschel-dated-at-london, accessed on 04 December 2024

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