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Letter, from Augustus De Morgan to Sir John Herschel, dated at Tavistock Place

Reference number: HS/6/216

Date: 4 March 1845

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Elizabeth Baily would like him to write an inscription for her brother's memorial tablet. Francis Baily was buried in the land of his fathers at Thatcham.

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HS/6/216
Earliest possible date
4 March 1845
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Augustus de Morgan

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Augustus de Morgan, Letter, from Augustus De Morgan to Sir John Herschel, dated at Tavistock Place, 4 March 1845, HS/6/216, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_216/letter-from-augustus-de-morgan-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-tavistock-place, accessed on 10 December 2024

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