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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
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15 June 1859
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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James Matthews Duncan

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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 07 December 2024

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