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Letter, from Gabriel Auguste Daubrée to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris

Reference number: HS/6/34

Date: 20 January 1865

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Says John Frederick William Herschel will receive an official letter of thanks from the administration of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle for the meteorite samples [see Gabriel Auguste Daubrée's 1865-1-23].

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HS/6/34
Earliest possible date
20 January 1865
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Gabriel Auguste Daubree

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Gabriel Auguste Daubree, Letter, from Gabriel Auguste Daubrée to Sir John Herschel, dated at Paris, 20 January 1865, HS/6/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_34/letter-from-gabriel-auguste-daubrée-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-paris, accessed on 14 February 2026

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