Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Henry John Temple, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/17/345
Date: 16 October 1848
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Copy of a letter. Asks HT to appeal for a pension for H. C. Schumacher, director of the Royal Danish Observatory.2
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- HS/17/345
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- 16 October 1848
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Henry John Temple, dated at Collingwood, 16 October 1848, HS/17/345, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_345/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-henry-john-temple-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 09 December 2025
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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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