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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to James Grahame, dated at [Slough]

Reference number: HS/20/52

Date: 1817-2-25 or later

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Copy of a letter. Discusses at some length the strengths and weaknesses of Lucan's Pharsalia. Mentions James Grahame's pamphlet on usury laws, suggesting that the argument from analogy is especially precarious in political economy.

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HS/20/52
Earliest possible date
1817-2-25 or later
Page extent
3 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 James Grahame, dated at [Slough], 1817-2-25 or later, HS/20/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_20_52/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-james-grahame-dated-at-slough, accessed on 05 December 2024

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