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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Offers to smooth the way for William Samuel Stratford in communicating with the various astronomers on the Continent whom John Frederick William Herschel knows.

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HS/25/2/1
Earliest possible date
1 April 1831
Page extent
1 page
Format
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 Samuel Stratford, dated at Slough, 1 April 1831, HS/25/2/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_2_1/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-samuel-stratford-dated-at-slough, accessed on 18 July 2026

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