Letter, from George Setten to Sir John Herschel, dated at Plymouth
Reference number: HS/17/191
Date: 14 December 1869
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Admiring 'working man' requests signature to be placed under John Frederick William Herschel's portrait as 'a remembrance of a great astronomer.'
- Reference number
- HS/17/191
- Earliest possible date
- 14 December 1869
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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George Setten, Letter, from George Setten to Sir John Herschel, dated at Plymouth, 14 December 1869, HS/17/191, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_191/letter-from-george-setten-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-plymouth, accessed on 21 April 2026
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 17 Stark-V miscellaneous
1821-1870 Reference number: HS/17
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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