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Letter, from Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie [the elder] to Sir John Herschel, dated at Broome Park

Reference number: HS/4/292

Date: 1859

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is indisposed so will not be coming to London; leaves it to him and Edward Sabine to send answer to H. P. F. P. Clinton (5th Duke of Newcastle). Would like an up-to-date citation for W. E. Weber as he has been awarded the Royal Medal.

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HS/4/292
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1859
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3 pages
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Benjamin Collins Brodie

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Sir Benjamin Collins, first baronet Brodie

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Benjamin Collins Brodie, Sir Benjamin Collins, first baronet Brodie, Letter, from Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie [the elder] to Sir John Herschel, dated at Broome Park, 1859, HS/4/292, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_292/letter-from-sir-benjamin-collins-brodie-the-elder-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-broome-park, accessed on 08 December 2025

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