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
- Earliest possible date
- 5 April 1865
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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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 23 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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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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