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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Humphrey Lloyd, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/22/238

Date: 5 June 1845

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Copy of a letter. Further to arrangements about meeting [see John Frederick William Herschel's 1845-5-30].

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HS/22/238
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5 June 1845
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2 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 Humphrey Lloyd, dated at Collingwood, 5 June 1845, HS/22/238, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_238/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-humphrey-lloyd-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 11 August 2026

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