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
- Earliest possible date
- 23 May 1857
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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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 13 July 2025
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This item is part of:
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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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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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