Letter, from Hugh Falconer to Sir John Herschel, dated at 23 Norfolk St., Strand

Reference number: HS/27/72

Date: 13 March 1846

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Autograph letter signed by sender, with enclosure. As HF is likely to be immediately ordered back to India, he is in no position to prepare himself to appear before the government seeking funds to publish Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis. Encloses a brief statement to the above effect to be read to the B.A.A.S. committee.

Reference number: HS/27/72
Earliest possible date: 13 March 1846
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Hugh Falconer, Letter, from Hugh Falconer to Sir John Herschel, dated at 23 Norfolk St., Strand, 13 March 1846, HS/27/72, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_27_72/letter-from-hugh-falconer-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-23-norfolk-st-strand, accessed on 16 April 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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