Incomplete letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame

Reference number: HS/6/107

Date: 6 January 1862

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Autographed letter, incomplete. Sending a copy of a book he has found of great benefit. News of his household. Mrs. Gordon (John Frederick William Herschel's daughter Caroline) must have been shocked at the death of the Prince Consort.

Reference number: HS/6/107
Earliest possible date: 6 January 1862
Page extent: 5 pages
Format: Manuscript
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William Rutter Dawes, Incomplete letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame, 6 January 1862, HS/6/107, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_107/incomplete-letter-from-william-rutter-dawes-to-margaret-brodie-herschel-dated-at-hopefield-haddenham-thame, accessed on 13 November 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 6 D
1820-1873 Reference number: HS/6

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