Letter, from Admiralty to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty Office
Reference number: HS/1/18
Date: 17 May 1853
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Informing him that William Mann, assistant at Cape Town Observatory, has requested a salary increase, and would John Frederick William Herschel give his views.
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- HS/1/18
- Earliest possible date
- 17 May 1853
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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Letter, from Admiralty to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty Office, 17 May 1853, HS/1/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_1_18/letter-from-admiralty-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-admiralty-office, accessed on 14 July 2026
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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 1 Abbe-Auwers
1819-1875 Reference number: HS/1
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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