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Autograph letter signed by sender. Regarding the faculty pew in the new church. Is sorry he was out when John Frederick William Herschel called. Hears he is contemplating a change in his property.

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HS/4/190
Earliest possible date
16 May 1859
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

Creator name

William Bonsey

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William Bonsey, Letter, from W. Bonsey to Sir John Herschel, dated at Slough, 16 May 1859, HS/4/190, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_190/letter-from-w-bonsey-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-slough, accessed on 05 December 2024

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