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Letter, from Robert Spottiswoode to Sir John Herschel, dated at London

Reference number: HS/17/227

Date: 16 March 1830

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Reports circumstances surrounding death of a Mr. Beckwith, for whom John Frederick William Herschel serves as an executor.

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HS/17/227
Earliest possible date
16 March 1830
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Spottiswoode

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Robert Spottiswoode, Letter, from Robert Spottiswoode to Sir John Herschel, dated at London, 16 March 1830, HS/17/227, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_227/letter-from-robert-spottiswoode-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-london, accessed on 20 March 2025

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