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Letter, from Henry W. Field to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Mint

Reference number: HS/7/221

Date: 20 April 1863

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Would like photographs of John Frederick William Herschel, one for himself and one for the American Philosophical Society. Busy at the Mint. Issue of bronze coinage continues. Supplying foreign Mints with his gas apparatus.

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HS/7/221
Earliest possible date
20 April 1863
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry William Field

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Henry William Field, Letter, from Henry W. Field to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Mint, 20 April 1863, HS/7/221, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_221/letter-from-henry-w-field-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-royal-mint, accessed on 12 December 2025

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