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Autograph letter signed by sender. Would like John Frederick William Herschel's view on Thomas Maclear.

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HS/4/308
Earliest possible date
1850
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Peter Brougham

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Henry Peter Brougham, Letter, from Henry Peter Brougham to Sir John Herschel, dated at Grafton St., 1850, HS/4/308, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_308/letter-from-henry-peter-brougham-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-grafton-st, accessed on 08 February 2025

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