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Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William A. Baillie- Hamilton

Reference number: HS/23/29

Date: June 1848

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Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Thanks for the offer of 25 copies of the Admiralty Manual. Thinks contributors should receive 6 copies instead of the 2 copies originally intended. Some misunderstanding of his proposals regarding returns of information. Printer has made a blunder in the Manual and John Frederick William Herschel has given orders for new pages to be substituted.

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HS/23/29
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June 1848
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William A. Baillie- Hamilton, June 1848, HS/23/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_29/copy-of-draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-a-baillie-hamilton, accessed on 11 August 2026

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