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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. About the sad state of the Royal Society [of London] under the presidency of Davies Gilbert, and what is to be done to improve it.

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HS/25/1/9
Earliest possible date
18 October 1830
Page extent
6 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 William Henry Fitton, dated at Slough, 18 October 1830, HS/25/1/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_1_9/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-henry-fitton-dated-at-slough, accessed on 17 February 2025

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