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Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty

Reference number: HS/3/333

Date: September 1833

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Offering assistance for John Frederick William Herschel's forthcoming voyage to the Cape.

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HS/3/333
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September 1833
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Francis Beaufort

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Francis Beaufort, Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty, September 1833, HS/3/333, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_333/letter-from-francis-beaufort-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-admiralty, accessed on 21 June 2025

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