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Letter, from Henry T. De La Beche to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum, Jermyn Square

Reference number: HS/6/135

Date: 5 January 1854

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Would he look at the accompanying work by O. P. A. P. Dufrenoy. Feels that Dufrenoy would advocate only that which was right.

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HS/6/135
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5 January 1854
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Thomas de la Beche

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Henry Thomas de la Beche, Letter, from Henry T. De La Beche to Sir John Herschel, dated at Museum, Jermyn Square, 5 January 1854, HS/6/135, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_135/letter-from-henry-t-de-la-beche-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-museum-jermyn-square, accessed on 11 December 2024

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