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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/22/272

Date: 17 May 1846

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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. Thanks for William Whewell's Lectures on Systematic Morality. Announces the birth of another daughter [Francisca]. Working on Cape Results.

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HS/22/272
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17 May 1846
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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 William Whewell, dated at Collingwood, 17 May 1846, HS/22/272, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_272/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-whewell-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 12 February 2026

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