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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Gabriel Stokes, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/25/10/13

Date: 14 November 1856

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Copy of two letters sent as single post. Recto: Herschel is sending in his report on Pole's paper [see John Frederick William Herschel's 1856-11-9].
Verso: Thanks the council of the Royal Society [of London] through George Gabriel Stokes for the gift of a portrait of Nicholas Copernicus noted to have arrived that afternoon.

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HS/25/10/13
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14 November 1856
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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 George Gabriel Stokes, dated at Collingwood, 14 November 1856, HS/25/10/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_10_13/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-george-gabriel-stokes-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 10 May 2026

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