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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
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Charles Robert Darwin

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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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