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Letter, from Miles Bland to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge

Reference number: HS/4/154

Date: 8 March 1821

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Autograph letter signed by sender. There is an opening for a Lay fellowship. Is John Frederick William Herschel interested? News of J. W. Whittaker's appointment.

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HS/4/154
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8 March 1821
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Miles Bland

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Miles Bland, Letter, from Miles Bland to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cambridge, 8 March 1821, HS/4/154, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_154/letter-from-miles-bland-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 20 July 2025

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