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Letter, from Wilhelm Struve to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorpat

Reference number: HS/17/104

Date: 15 July 1823

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Autograph letter signed by sender. With the departure of [Otto von] Kotzebue, Wilhelm Struve takes the opportunity to send John Frederick William Herschel volumes of Dorpat observations. Requests notification if volumes do not arrive.

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HS/17/104
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15 July 1823
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve

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Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, Letter, from Wilhelm Struve to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dorpat, 15 July 1823, HS/17/104, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_104/letter-from-wilhelm-struve-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-dorpat, accessed on 23 March 2025

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