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Letter, from Henry John Temple to Sir John Herschel, dated at Stanhope St.

Reference number: HS/17/344

Date: 27 February 1826

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Hopes that John Frederick William Herschel will find a matter [the professorship at Cambridge] not 'incompatible with your [John Frederick William Herschel's] other avocations.'

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HS/17/344
Earliest possible date
27 February 1826
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry John Temple

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Henry John Temple, Letter, from Henry John Temple to Sir John Herschel, dated at Stanhope St., 27 February 1826, HS/17/344, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_344/letter-from-henry-john-temple-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-stanhope-st, accessed on 14 March 2026

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