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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Wolstenholme Ward, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/23/168

Date: 24 April 1856

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Copy of a letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Happy to hear that [new Sydney mint] is going well. John Frederick William Herschel confined with painful illness since Mar. 1855; still unable to walk or stand upright without support. Aluminium may be used in coins, but John Frederick William Herschel doubts it will replace iron in pots and pans. War is ended, but people worry about further Russian aggression.

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HS/23/168
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24 April 1856
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4 pages
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John Frederick William Herschel

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Sir; John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Edward Wolstenholme Ward, dated at Collingwood, 24 April 1856, HS/23/168, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_168/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-edward-wolstenholme-ward-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 11 November 2025

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