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

Reference number: HS/4/342

Date: 29 November 1861

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is sending him an engraving of his late father. Sees that John Frederick William Herschel has finished his work he told him about.

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HS/4/342
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29 November 1861
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Joseph Bullar

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Joseph Bullar, Letter, from Joseph Bullar to Sir John Herschel, dated at Basset Wood near Southampton, 29 November 1861, HS/4/342, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_342/letter-from-joseph-bullar-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-basset-wood-near-southampton, accessed on 09 November 2025

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