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Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Daily News

Reference number: HS/6/461

Date: February 1861

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Regarding the question of forged documents by the Indigo planters of Bengal and the advantages they hold over the Ryotts, who cannot read or write.

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HS/6/461
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February 1861
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4 pages
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Daily News, February 1861, HS/6/461, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_461/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-daily-news, accessed on 12 December 2024

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