Letter, from John Elliot Drinkwater-Bethune to Sir John Herschel
Reference number: HS/6/447
Date: December 1832

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Autograph letter signed by sender. The altered state of events makes his last letter redundant. J. W. Lubbock has retired from the contest.
- Reference number
- HS/6/447
- Earliest possible date
- December 1832
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Elliot Drinkwater-Bethune
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John Elliot Drinkwater-Bethune, Letter, from John Elliot Drinkwater-Bethune to Sir John Herschel, December 1832, HS/6/447, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_447/letter-from-john-elliot-drinkwater-bethune-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 13 May 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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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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