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Autograph letter signed by sender. Appointment to an unnamed post. Is to meet John Lee to discuss the instruments; would John Frederick William Herschel like to join them?

Reference number
HS/3/315
Earliest possible date
9 April 1830
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Francis Beaufort

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Sir Francis Beaufort

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Francis Beaufort, Sir Francis Beaufort, Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, 9 April 1830, HS/3/315, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_315/letter-from-francis-beaufort-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 25 January 2026

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