Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Hugh Falconer, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/27/71
Date: 2 March 1846
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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. The committee dealing with applying to the government for aid should meet soon, and so John Frederick William Herschel wants some questions answered from one of the authors of Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis.
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- HS/27/71
- Earliest possible date
- 2 March 1846
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Hugh Falconer, dated at Collingwood, 2 March 1846, HS/27/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_27_71/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-hugh-falconer-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 14 March 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 27 letters related to specific topics
1826-1866 Reference number: HS/27
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Hugh Falconer
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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