Letter, from Robert Brown to Sir John Herschel, dated at Fairlie by Greenock
Reference number: HS/4/318
Date: 28 May 1862
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Acknowledges his letter and his invitation to Collingwood. Was pleased to have the company of the young ladies on their journey from Paris.
- Reference number
- HS/4/318
- Earliest possible date
- 28 May 1862
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Robert Brown
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Robert Brown, Letter, from Robert Brown to Sir John Herschel, dated at Fairlie by Greenock, 28 May 1862, HS/4/318, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_318/letter-from-robert-brown-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-fairlie-by-greenock, accessed on 18 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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