Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/3/398a
Date: 27 December 1851
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Autographed clean contemporary copy in Herschel's hand. Report for the Lords of the Admiralty on the desirability of supplying Thomas Maclear with a transit circle.
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- HS/3/398a
- Earliest possible date
- 27 December 1851
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, dated at Collingwood, 27 December 1851, HS/3/398a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_398a/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-francis-beaufort-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 25 January 2026
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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