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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.

Reference number
HS/4/52
Earliest possible date
November 1834
Page extent
2 pages
Format
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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