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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
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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, 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 12 December 2024

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