Letter, from James Duncan to Sir John Herschel, dated at Denholm near Hawick
Reference number: HS/6/512
Date: 15 June 1859
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Pointing out an error in John Frederick William Herschel's statement in an encyclopaedia that there are no serpents in Borneo.
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- HS/6/512
- Earliest possible date
- 15 June 1859
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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James Matthews Duncan, Letter, from James Duncan to Sir John Herschel, dated at Denholm near Hawick, 15 June 1859, HS/6/512, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_512/letter-from-james-duncan-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-denholm-near-hawick, accessed on 18 May 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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James Matthews Duncan
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John Frederick William Herschel
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