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Incomplete letter, from Henry T. De La Beche to Sir John Herschel, dated at Geological Survey Office

Reference number: HS/6/131

Date: 31 December 1847

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Autographed letter, incomplete. It appears that Mineralogy has been assigned to him in the new manual. Comments on this and would like to know who will be writing the chapter on Geology as it is likely to overlap.

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HS/6/131
Earliest possible date
31 December 1847
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Thomas de la Beche

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Henry Thomas de la Beche, Incomplete letter, from Henry T. De La Beche to Sir John Herschel, dated at Geological Survey Office, 31 December 1847, HS/6/131, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_131/incomplete-letter-from-henry-t-de-la-beche-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-geological-survey-office, accessed on 05 December 2024

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