Letter, from William Radcliffe Birt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bethnal Green
Reference number: HS/4/124
Date: 1 April 1848
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Has forwarded the manuscript, with notes, to the Admiralty and John Frederick William Herschel should receive it in a few days. Leaves the arrangement to him. Did he receive his letter of 15 Jan. and a copy of his Southampton report?
- Reference number
- HS/4/124
- Earliest possible date
- 1 April 1848
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Radcliffe Birt, Letter, from William Radcliffe Birt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bethnal Green, 1 April 1848, HS/4/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_124/letter-from-william-radcliffe-birt-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-bethnal-green, accessed on 12 May 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 4 Beckedorff-Bullan
1817-1871 Reference number: HS/4
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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