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Copy of a letter, incomplete. Asks for information about wrecks at sea and lives lost.

Reference number
HS/23/311
Earliest possible date
22 October 1860
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Incomplete copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Robert FitzRoy, 22 October 1860, HS/23/311, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_311/incomplete-copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-robert-fitzroy, accessed on 14 June 2026

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