Letter, from Charles Robert Darwin to Sir John Herschel, dated at Down, Farnborough
Reference number: HS/6/11
Date: 4 February 1848
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Autograph letter signed by sender. As John Frederick William Herschel has accepted the superintendency of the Admiralty Manual he will try to undertake the geological part, but it will take time as he is busy on another project.
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- HS/6/11
- Earliest possible date
- 4 February 1848
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- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Charles Robert Darwin, Letter, from Charles Robert Darwin to Sir John Herschel, dated at Down, Farnborough, 4 February 1848, HS/6/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_11/letter-from-charles-robert-darwin-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-down-farnborough, accessed on 15 January 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
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Charles Robert Darwin
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John Frederick William Herschel
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