Letter, from Augustus De Morgan to Sir John Herschel, dated at 91 Adelaide Road
Reference number: HS/6/373
Date: 21 August 1864
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Has a quarter sovereign given him by Thomas Graham. Will mention the coin in Notes and Queries. Gives a pun on his own name. Anecdote of rain in India when his father and mother were travelling.
- Reference number
- HS/6/373
- Earliest possible date
- 21 August 1864
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Augustus de Morgan, Letter, from Augustus De Morgan to Sir John Herschel, dated at 91 Adelaide Road, 21 August 1864, HS/6/373, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_373/letter-from-augustus-de-morgan-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-91-adelaide-road, accessed on 17 June 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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