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Letter, from John Bullar to Sir John Herschel, dated at Basset Wood near Southampton

Reference number: HS/4/331

Date: 13 October 1858

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is pleased to hear of his support for the Young Men's Association at Leeds. Is reading the new edition of John Frederick William Herschel's Outlines Astr.

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HS/4/331
Earliest possible date
13 October 1858
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Bullar

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John Bullar, Letter, from John Bullar to Sir John Herschel, dated at Basset Wood near Southampton, 13 October 1858, HS/4/331, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_331/letter-from-john-bullar-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-basset-wood-near-southampton, accessed on 05 December 2024

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