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Autograph letter signed by sender. Congratulates John Frederick William Herschel on his election as Trustee of the British Museum.

Reference number
HS/17/453
Earliest possible date
26 August 1843
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Booth Tyndale

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George Booth Tyndale, Letter, from George Booth Tyndale to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hayling Island, 26 August 1843, HS/17/453, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_453/letter-from-george-booth-tyndale-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-hayling-island, accessed on 11 July 2025

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    This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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