Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton, Royston
Reference number: HS/15/505
Date: 16 October 1869
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has been translating into Latin 'your Dean's Kentish Fire."' Has good Latin versions of [Oliver Goldsmith's] 'Edwin and Angelina' by Lord Stratford de Recliffe and of [Thomas] Gray's 'Elegy' by 'Chief Justice [Henry Thom
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- HS/15/505
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- 16 October 1869
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Selwyn, Letter, from William Selwyn to Sir John Herschel, dated at Foxton, Royston, 16 October 1869, HS/15/505, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_505/letter-from-william-selwyn-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-foxton-royston, accessed on 04 December 2024
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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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William Selwyn
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John Frederick William Herschel
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