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Autograph letter signed by sender. Requests financial assistance in building a new church in John Frederick William Herschel's parish.

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HS/17/208
Earliest possible date
7 March 1868
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

A. J. Simpson

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A. J. Simpson, Letter, from A. J. Simpson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Slough, 7 March 1868, HS/17/208, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_208/letter-from-a-j-simpson-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-slough, accessed on 17 December 2025

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    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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