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Letter, from Gilbert Blane to Sir John Herschel, dated at Sackville St.

Reference number: HS/4/161

Date: November 1831

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is grateful for John Frederick William Herschel's approbation. Includes another of his works for his perusal.

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HS/4/161
Earliest possible date
November 1831
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Blane

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William Blane, Letter, from Gilbert Blane to Sir John Herschel, dated at Sackville St., November 1831, HS/4/161, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_161/letter-from-gilbert-blane-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-sackville-st, accessed on 09 November 2025

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