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Letter, from James Sivewright to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. Helens

Reference number: HS/17/213

Date: 2 December 1868

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for sending plan of swing to counteract seasickness. This will enable his long suffering friend Lady Sullivan to escape hay fever by going to sea but without thereby being beset by seasickness.

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HS/17/213
Earliest possible date
2 December 1868
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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James Sivewright

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James Sivewright, Letter, from James Sivewright to Sir John Herschel, dated at St. Helens, 2 December 1868, HS/17/213, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_213/letter-from-james-sivewright-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-st-helens, accessed on 14 December 2025

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