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Letter, from Augustus De Morgan to Sir John Herschel, dated at 41 Chalcot Villas NW

Reference number: HS/6/338

Date: 5 September 1860

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Knew he would get a speedy answer. Quick, the Bristol bookseller, has sent him an edition of Francis Walkingame's Arithmetic. Thinks John Frederick William Herschel is right to sell Francis Baily's house. G. B. Libri may wish to buy. His puns are unavoidable. Hopes John Frederick William Herschel will have his house valued.

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HS/6/338
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5 September 1860
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7 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 41 Chalcot Villas NW, 5 September 1860, HS/6/338, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_338/letter-from-augustus-de-morgan-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-41-chalcot-villas-nw, accessed on 10 December 2024

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