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Letter, from William Buckland to Sir John Herschel, dated at Christ Church, Oxford

Reference number: HS/4/322

Date: January 1828

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Autograph letter signed by sender. The Murchisons and Somervilles will be visiting him in February and he would be glad if John Frederick William Herschel would come and meet them then.

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HS/4/322
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January 1828
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1 page
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Manuscript

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William Buckland

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William Buckland, Letter, from William Buckland to Sir John Herschel, dated at Christ Church, Oxford, January 1828, HS/4/322, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_322/letter-from-william-buckland-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-christ-church-oxford, accessed on 04 December 2024

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