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

Reference number: HS/15/450

Date: 23 May 1857

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Autograph letter signed by sender. John Frederick William Herschel's Essays [Essays Q.E.R.] has reached Lowestoft, but Adam Sedgwick has been too ill to read them. Sends regards to family.

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HS/15/450
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23 May 1857
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Adam Sedgwick

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Adam Sedgwick, Letter, from Adam Sedgwick to Sir John Herschel, dated at Lowestoft, 23 May 1857, HS/15/450, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_450/letter-from-adam-sedgwick-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-lowestoft, accessed on 04 December 2024

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