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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Augustus De Morgan, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/24/120

Date: 25 September 1865

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Copy of a letter. Comments further on probability [see John Frederick William Herschel's 1865-9-14]; John Frederick William Herschel's daughter Maria is to be married; fills letter with much nonsense.

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HS/24/120
Earliest possible date
25 September 1865
Page extent
3 pages
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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 Augustus De Morgan, dated at Collingwood, 25 September 1865, HS/24/120, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_24_120/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-augustus-de-morgan-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 07 June 2026

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