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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending a Latin poem he has written on the death of Caroline Herschel. Comments on the troubled state [Revolution of 1848] of Paris at the time.

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HS/5/39
Earliest possible date
8 March 1848
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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de Belime

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de Belime, Letter, from de Belime to Sir John Herschel, dated at St Germain-en-Laye, 8 March 1848, HS/5/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_39/letter-from-de-belime-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-st-germain-en-laye, accessed on 17 July 2025

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    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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