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

Reference number: HS/15/457

Date: 23 June 1868

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has printed a Memorial about Norwich. Discusses this pamphlet. Has been ill. Discusses solitude and says almost none of his friends are still living.

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HS/15/457
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23 June 1868
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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 Suffolk, 23 June 1868, HS/15/457, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_457/letter-from-adam-sedgwick-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-suffolk, accessed on 03 December 2024

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