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

Reference number: HS/3/354

Date: 4 June 1838

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Thursday will suit Charles Wood and Francis Beaufort is writing to G. B. Airy to meet John Frederick William Herschel in (Francis Beaufort's) room.

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HS/3/354
Earliest possible date
4 June 1838
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1 page
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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, 4 June 1838, HS/3/354, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_354/letter-from-francis-beaufort-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-admiralty, accessed on 18 June 2025

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