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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.

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HS/6/107
Earliest possible date
6 January 1862
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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William Rutter Dawes

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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 03 December 2024

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