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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is engaged in bringing out a diary of his ancestor. Would like John Frederick William Herschel's view on whether Isaac Newton's mind was ever deranged.

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HS/6/486
Earliest possible date
28 March 1870
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Charles De La Pryme

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Charles De La Pryme, Letter, from C[harles] De La Pryme to Sir John Herschel, dated at Reform Club, 28 March 1870, HS/6/486, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_486/letter-from-charles-de-la-pryme-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-reform-club, accessed on 01 December 2024

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