Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Adam Sedgwick, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/15/441

Date: 1848

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Family will arrive at Norwich on 16 May. Discusses Norfolk strata and Cray fossils.

Reference number: HS/15/441
Earliest possible date: 1848
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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Sir; John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Adam Sedgwick, dated at Collingwood, 1848, HS/15/441, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_441/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-adam-sedgwick-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 13 July 2025

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Copy of letter, from Sir John Herschel to Adam Sedgwick, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/22/233

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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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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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