Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame
Reference number: HS/6/108
Date: 21 January 1863
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is grateful for the note and brochure. Is grieved to hear of the illness in his family. His own health is not good. Comments on the article on Telescopes by John Frederick William Herschel in the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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- HS/6/108
- Earliest possible date
- 21 January 1863
- Page extent
- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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William Rutter Dawes, Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Hopefield, Haddenham, Thame, 21 January 1863, HS/6/108, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_108/letter-from-william-rutter-dawes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-hopefield-haddenham-thame, accessed on 11 April 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
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William Rutter Dawes
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