Letter, from Digby P. Starkey to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dublin
Reference number: HS/17/231
Date: 4 November 1847
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Autograph letter signed by sender. In flowery prose thanks John Frederick William Herschel for 'feeling with me in what I have felt deeply myself,' perhaps referring to one of John Frederick William Herschel's poems. Is delighted to have learned through W. R. Hamilton that John Frederick William Herschel is a poet.
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- HS/17/231
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- 4 November 1847
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Digby P. Starkey, Letter, from Digby P. Starkey to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dublin, 4 November 1847, HS/17/231, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_231/letter-from-digby-p-starkey-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-dublin, accessed on 15 February 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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