Letter, from Humphry Davy to Sir John Herschel
Reference number: HS/6/39
Date: 21 November 1822
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Returning sincere thanks for the memorial inscribed with the name of John Frederick William Herschel's illustrious father. It rests with John Frederick William Herschel and his companions how posterity will judge the present age.
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- HS/6/39
- Earliest possible date
- 21 November 1822
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Humphry Davy, Letter, from Humphry Davy to Sir John Herschel, 21 November 1822, HS/6/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_39/letter-from-humphry-davy-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 20 July 2026
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
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Humphry Davy
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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