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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir Charles Lyell, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/23/17

Date: 10 March 1848

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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. Begs Charles Lyell and Edward Sabine to cancel their plan to interview John Frederick William Herschel for office [Presidency] in R.S.L. To continue will cause John Frederick William Herschel 'inexpressible pain.'

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HS/23/17
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10 March 1848
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1 page
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir Charles Lyell, dated at Collingwood, 10 March 1848, HS/23/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_17/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-sir-charles-lyell-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 03 December 2024

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