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Letter, from Charles Davidson Bell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Woolwich

Reference number: HS/5/41

Date: 4 March 1848

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is off to Scotland and has not been able to collect the parcel. News of the Cape. Dr. J. R. Innes's letters. Is sorry to hear of Lady Herschel's slow recovery.

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HS/5/41
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4 March 1848
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Davidson Bell

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Charles Davidson Bell, Letter, from Charles Davidson Bell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Woolwich, 4 March 1848, HS/5/41, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_41/letter-from-charles-davidson-bell-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-woolwich, accessed on 21 March 2025

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