Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Elliot Drinkwater-Bethune, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/21/123
Date: 30 November 1832

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Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Responds favorably to John Henry Dallmeyer's request that John Frederick William Herschel vote for J. W. Lubbock in a forthcoming election [to represent the University of Cambridge in Parliament].
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- HS/21/123
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- 30 November 1832
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Elliot Drinkwater-Bethune, dated at Slough, 30 November 1832, HS/21/123, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_21_123/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-elliot-drinkwater-bethune-dated-at-slough, accessed on 28 April 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 21 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/21
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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