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Letter, from Mary Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Hospital, Chelsea

Reference number: HS/16/335

Date: 5 April 1830

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Offers congratulations on arrival of John Frederick William Herschel's first child. Thanks him for communicating his thoughts on her manuscript [Mechanism of the Heavens] at such a time.

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HS/16/335
Earliest possible date
5 April 1830
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Mary Somerville

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Mary Somerville, Letter, from Mary Somerville to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 5 April 1830, HS/16/335, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_16_335/letter-from-mary-somerville-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-royal-hospital-chelsea, accessed on 25 March 2025

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