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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

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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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