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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Wallace, dated at [Slough]

Reference number: HS/20/50

Date: 22 October 1817

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Copy of a letter. Invites William Wallace and [Thomas] Leybourn to join John Frederick William Herschel for dinner while Charles Babbage is visiting John Frederick William Herschel at Slough.

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HS/20/50
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22 October 1817
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1 page
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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 Wallace, dated at [Slough], 22 October 1817, HS/20/50, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_20_50/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-wallace-dated-at-slough, accessed on 04 December 2024

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