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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has been prevented from working for the past ten days due to pains in the head, but will send his manual to John Frederick William Herschel as soon as he can get it arranged and copied.

Reference number
HS/4/9
Earliest possible date
18 April 1848
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Frederick William Beechey

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Frederick William Beechey, Letter, from Frederick W. Beechey to Francis Beaufort, 18 April 1848, HS/4/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_4_9/letter-from-frederick-w-beechey-to-francis-beaufort, accessed on 10 June 2026

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    This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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