Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir John Bell, dated at [Cape Town]
Reference number: HS/4/52
Date: November 1834
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Draft letter. Thanks for the Stellenbosch diaries, which will no doubt be useful. Comments on the prospects for water supply for Cape Town.
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- HS/4/52
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- November 1834
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Sir; John Frederick William Herschel
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John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir John Bell, dated at [Cape Town], November 1834, HS/4/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_52/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-sir-john-bell-dated-at-cape-town, accessed on 11 November 2025
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