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Letter, from James [Struthers] Stewart to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cape of Good Hope

Reference number: HS/17/10

Date: 11 April 1844

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends John Frederick William Herschel bulbs of Cape flowers to plant. Thanks him for sending John Frederick William Herschel's translation of Friedrich Schiller's 'The Walk.' Describes the obelisk placed on John Frederick William Herschel's telescope site at Feldhausen. Reports of effort to install improved roads in the colony. Construction of St. George's Church completed. Describes planned Botanical Garden at the Cape.

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HS/17/10
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11 April 1844
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11 pages
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Manuscript
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James Struthers Stewart

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James Struthers Stewart, Letter, from James [Struthers] Stewart to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cape of Good Hope, 11 April 1844, HS/17/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_10/letter-from-james-struthers-stewart-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-cape-of-good-hope, accessed on 27 April 2025

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