Letter, from Adam Sedgwick to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge
Reference number: HS/15/452
Date: 23 July 1862
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for translation of Iliad. Adam Sedgwick's health has been poor. Invites the Herschels to Norwich.
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- HS/15/452
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- 23 July 1862
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Adam Sedgwick, Adam Sedgwick, Letter, from Adam Sedgwick to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge, 23 July 1862, HS/15/452, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_452/letter-from-adam-sedgwick-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 14 February 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: 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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