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Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge

Reference number: HS/6/88

Date: 3 January 1848

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Mr. Morris, the Cranbrook carpenter, has the plan and specification ready. Would John Frederick William Herschel like to see it before sending it to the Admiralty, presumably through Francis Beaufort?

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HS/6/88
Earliest possible date
3 January 1848
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Rutter Dawes

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William Rutter Dawes, Letter, from William Rutter Dawes to Sir John Herschel, dated at Camden Lodge, 3 January 1848, HS/6/88, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_6_88/letter-from-william-rutter-dawes-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-camden-lodge, accessed on 11 December 2024

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