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Letter, from Charles W. Tuttle to Sir John Herschel, dated at Boston, Mass.

Reference number: HS/17/451

Date: 9 October 1860

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Requests a copy of John Frederick William Herschel's memoir on Caroline Herschel. Points out an error in the fifth edition of Outlines Astr.

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HS/17/451
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9 October 1860
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Wesley Tuttle

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Charles Wesley Tuttle, Letter, from Charles W. Tuttle to Sir John Herschel, dated at Boston, Mass., 9 October 1860, HS/17/451, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_451/letter-from-charles-w-tuttle-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-boston-mass, accessed on 06 February 2026

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