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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has kept the petition and will forward it after the meeting. His brother is now in the 16th book of the Iliad.

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HS/5/228
Earliest possible date
January 1865
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Cayley

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Arthur Cayley, Arthur Cayley, Letter, from Arthur Cayley to Sir John Herschel, dated at Blackheath, January 1865, HS/5/228, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_228/letter-from-arthur-cayley-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-blackheath, accessed on 16 November 2025

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