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?
- Reference number
- HS/4/208
- Earliest possible date
- 23 February 1833
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- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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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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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 4 Beckedorff-Bullan
1817-1871 Reference number: HS/4
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John Frederick William Herschel
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