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

Reference number: HS/4/156

Date: 3 January 1831

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has had many melancholy afflictions since they last met. Would like John Frederick William Herschel's support for his intended application for Professorship of Mathematics at the forthcoming University of Durham.

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HS/4/156
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3 January 1831
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2 pages
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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 Ramsgate, 3 January 1831, HS/4/156, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_156/letter-from-miles-bland-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-ramsgate, accessed on 06 June 2026

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