Letter, from John Benjamin Smith to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ascot
Reference number: HS/17/215
Date: 21 September 1864
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Outlines disadvantages of establishing a gold currency in India.
- Reference number
- HS/17/215
- Earliest possible date
- 21 September 1864
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Benjamin Smith, John Benjamin (1794–1879)
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John Benjamin Smith, John Benjamin (1794–1879), Letter, from John Benjamin Smith to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ascot, 21 September 1864, HS/17/215, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_215/letter-from-john-benjamin-smith-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-ascot, accessed on 17 August 2026
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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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This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.
Dates: 1807 - 1875
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