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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Spencer J. A. Compton, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/23/60

Date: 19 March 1849

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Copy of a letter. Arrangements about John Frederick William Herschel coming to London to go with Spencer J.A. Compton to see John Russell (1st Earl Russell) [see Spencer J.A. Compton's 1849-3-17].

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HS/23/60
Earliest possible date
19 March 1849
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Spencer J. A. Compton, dated at Collingwood, 19 March 1849, HS/23/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_60/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-spencer-j-a-compton-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 08 July 2025

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