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Letter, from William Samuel Stratford to Sir John Herschel

Reference number: HS/17/84

Date: 2 March 1831

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Asks John Frederick William Herschel to join Sir James South in recommending that William Samuel Stratford succeed John Pond as superintendent of the Nautical Almanac. [Marked 'Confidential'.]

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HS/17/84
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2 March 1831
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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William Samuel Stratford

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William Samuel Stratford, Letter, from William Samuel Stratford to Sir John Herschel, 2 March 1831, HS/17/84, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_84/letter-from-william-samuel-stratford-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 22 March 2025

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