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

Reference number: HS/6/452

Date: 1869

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has received his translation of Inferno safely, and it has been greatly admired by competent judges. Weather has been very bad. He can keep the extract from the Examiner.

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HS/6/452
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1869
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1 page
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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, 1869, HS/6/452, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_452/letter-from-elizabeth-drummond-jr-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-portobello-edinburgh, accessed on 11 December 2024

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