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Letter, from Franklin Bache to Sir John Herschel dated at Philadelphia

Reference number: HS/17/111a

Date: 23 June 1826

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Thanks for material from the Astronomical Society of London. Mentions 'new comet.' Informs Herschel of being nominated to the list of foreign members in the American Philosophical Society.

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HS/17/111a
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23 June 1826
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Franklin Bache

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Franklin Bache, Letter, from Franklin Bache to Sir John Herschel dated at Philadelphia, 23 June 1826, HS/17/111a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_111a/letter-from-franklin-bache-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-philadelphia, accessed on 10 February 2025

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