Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Spencer J. A. Compton, dated at Atheneum
Reference number: HS/22/74
Date: 1840-7
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Copy of a letter. Organizational matters relating to sending two vessels on an Antarctic expedition.
- Reference number
- HS/22/74
- Earliest possible date
- 1840-7
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Spencer J. A. Compton, dated at Atheneum, 1840-7, HS/22/74, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_74/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-spencer-j-a-compton-dated-at-atheneum, accessed on 18 February 2026
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This item is part of:
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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 22 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/22
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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