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Incomplete copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Strahan & Co., dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/24/29

Date: 4 February 1864

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Copy of a letter, incomplete. Comments and will consider writing on article subjects proposed by Dr. [Norman?] McLeod. Requests Hebrew version of Genesis, chapter 1, with pronunciation and translation guides.

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HS/24/29
Earliest possible date
4 February 1864
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, Incomplete copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Strahan & Co., dated at Collingwood, 4 February 1864, HS/24/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_24_29/incomplete-copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-strahan-co-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 14 March 2026

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