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Letter, from Charles Dickens to Sir John Herschel, dated at Tavistock Square

Reference number: HS/6/492

Date: 7 November 1859

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Autographed letter . Would give him great pleasure to comply with John Frederick William Herschel's request, but the trees are in the garden of a Mr. Powell.

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HS/6/492
Earliest possible date
7 November 1859
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens, Letter, from Charles Dickens to Sir John Herschel, dated at Tavistock Square, 7 November 1859, HS/6/492, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_492/letter-from-charles-dickens-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-tavistock-square, accessed on 10 December 2024

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