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Autographed letter. Is grateful that he has given her father's name to his recently acquired property. Hopes he will enjoy many years there.

Reference number
HS/5/357
Earliest possible date
18 February 1840
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Sarah Newnham-Collingwood

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Sarah Newnham-Collingwood, Letter, from [Sarah] [Newnham-]Collingwood to Sir John Herschel, dated at Dover, 18 February 1840, HS/5/357, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_357/letter-from-sarah-newnham-collingwood-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-dover, accessed on 16 April 2026

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