Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to [Mr. Smith?], dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/25/5/17
Date: 5 September 1839
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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Is very insistent that John Frederick William Herschel receive clear title to Collingwood, with no encumbrances.
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- HS/25/5/17
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- 5 September 1839
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Sir; John Frederick William Herschel
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John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to [Mr. Smith?], dated at Slough, 5 September 1839, HS/25/5/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_5_17/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-mr-smith-dated-at-slough, accessed on 19 June 2025
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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 25 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/25 -
Copy book of Sir John Herschel's outgoing correspondence, vol. 5, from 23 February 1836 to 29 November 1839
1873 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/5
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This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.
Dates: 1807 - 1875
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