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

Reference number: HS/4/334

Date: 28 May 1863

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Autograph letter signed by sender. The delay in thanking him for his gift of the Iliad has been occasioned by ill health.

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HS/4/334
Earliest possible date
28 May 1863
Page extent
2 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, 28 May 1863, HS/4/334, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_334/letter-from-john-bullar-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-basset-wood-near-southampton, accessed on 17 July 2026

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