Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Adam Sedgwick, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/15/431
Date: 7 December 1847
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Invites Adam Sedgwick to Collingwood for Christmas. The Somervilles and the Adamses will also be present.
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- HS/15/431
- Earliest possible date
- 7 December 1847
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Adam Sedgwick, dated at Collingwood, 7 December 1847, HS/15/431, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_431/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-adam-sedgwick-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 17 April 2025
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