Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/24/330
Date: 4 September 1870
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Copy of a letter. Thanks William Selwyn for August 29 photographs. Is sending John Frederick William Herschel's son's [John's] certificate. Pities the 'fallen Emperor' [Napoleon III].
- Reference number
- HS/24/330
- Earliest possible date
- 4 September 1870
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- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Collingwood, 4 September 1870, HS/24/330, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_24_330/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-selwyn-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 16 July 2025
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 24 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/24
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John Frederick William Herschel
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William Selwyn
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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