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

Reference number: HS/17/12

Date: 8 November 1845

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Urges John Frederick William Herschel to seek funding for Cape Botanical Garden. Notes that Cape Colonial Government proposes that superintendent of the Garden would also serve as professor of chemistry and botany at the South African College.

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HS/17/12
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8 November 1845
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4 pages
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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, 8 November 1845, HS/17/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_12/letter-from-james-struthers-stewart-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-cape-of-good-hope, accessed on 21 January 2026

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