Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir John Bell, dated at [Cape Town]
Reference number: HS/21/162
Date: November 1834
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Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Thanks for the Stellenbosch diaries, which will no doubt be useful. Comments on the prospects for water supply for Cape Town.
- Reference number
- HS/21/162
- Earliest possible date
- November 1834
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir John Bell, dated at [Cape Town], November 1834, HS/21/162, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_21_162/copy-of-draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-sir-john-bell-dated-at-cape-town, accessed on 06 February 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 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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