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Letter, from Margaret Seymour to Sir John Herschel, dated at Park Lane

Reference number: HS/17/195

Date: 29 June 1852

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Invites John Frederick William Herschel to visit and meet the Austrian Minister 'who delights in the study of the heavens.'

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HS/17/195
Earliest possible date
29 June 1852
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Margaret Seymour

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Margaret Seymour, Letter, from Margaret Seymour to Sir John Herschel, dated at Park Lane, 29 June 1852, HS/17/195, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_195/letter-from-margaret-seymour-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-park-lane, accessed on 29 April 2025

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