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Copy of a letter. Is sending a letter of support for a neighbor for the position of commander of constabulary about to be established in Kent.

Reference number
HS/23/167
Earliest possible date
19 March 1856
Page extent
2 pages
Format
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 William Lubbock, dated at Collingwood, 19 March 1856, HS/23/167, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_167/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-william-lubbock-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 03 December 2024

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