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Letter, from Sarah Bowdich to Sir John Herschel, dated at 27 Burton St.

Reference number: HS/4/208

Date: 23 February 1833

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is grateful for his letter and offer to show her any G. C. L. D. Cuvier letters. Was pleased to see his letter as she heard he was at the Cape in pursuit of constellations. What shall she do with the forthcoming copies of her book on fishes he ordered?

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HS/4/208
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23 February 1833
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Sarah Eglonton Bowdich Lee

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Sarah Eglonton Bowdich Lee, Letter, from Sarah Bowdich to Sir John Herschel, dated at 27 Burton St., 23 February 1833, HS/4/208, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_208/letter-from-sarah-bowdich-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-27-burton-st, accessed on 12 January 2026

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