Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel
Reference number: HS/3/402
Date: 16 July 1852
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Thinks that a note must have miscarried as he is sure he informed him that the Admiralty had appointed Thomas Maclear's son [George Maclear] an assistant at the Cape and his other son [John Maclear] to a ship.
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- HS/3/402
- Earliest possible date
- 16 July 1852
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- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Francis Beaufort, Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, 16 July 1852, HS/3/402, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_402/letter-from-francis-beaufort-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 17 May 2025
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 3 Babinet-Beaufort
1819-1869 Reference number: HS/3
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Francis Beaufort
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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