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Letter, from Alexander Bridport Becher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty

Reference number: HS/3/393

Date: 22 November 1848

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Would John Frederick William Herschel authorize him to call a meeting of the Board of Visitors in the absence of S. J. A. Compton (2nd Marquis of Northampton)?

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HS/3/393
Earliest possible date
22 November 1848
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Alexander Bridport Becher

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Alexander Bridport Becher, Letter, from Alexander Bridport Becher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty, 22 November 1848, HS/3/393, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_393/letter-from-alexander-bridport-becher-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-admiralty, accessed on 07 December 2024

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