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Letter, from Elizabeth Drummond [Jr.] to Sir John Herschel, dated at Portobello, Edinburgh

Reference number: HS/6/450

Date: 5 April 1865

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Would like a copy of John Frederick William Herschel's letter that he wrote many years ago in support of an invention by her brother.

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HS/6/450
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5 April 1865
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Elizabeth [Jr.] Drummond

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Elizabeth [Jr.] Drummond, Letter, from Elizabeth Drummond [Jr.] to Sir John Herschel, dated at Portobello, Edinburgh, 5 April 1865, HS/6/450, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_450/letter-from-elizabeth-drummond-jr-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-portobello-edinburgh, accessed on 12 December 2024

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