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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Somerville, dated at [Feldhausen]

Reference number: HS/19/71

Date: 17 July 1835

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Contemporary copy in sender's hand. Kaffirs dispossessed by colonists. Condemns 'Colonial insolence.' Editor John Fairbairn, detested by colonists, exposed this in South African Commercial Advertiser.

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HS/19/71
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17 July 1835
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Somerville, dated at [Feldhausen], 17 July 1835, HS/19/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_19_71/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-somerville-dated-at-feldhausen, accessed on 15 July 2026

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