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Letter, from William Henry Fitton to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bloomfield Lodge

Reference number: HS/7/236

Date: 5 October 1839

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Intends that his second son shall enter business and would like him to study in Hanover. Can John Frederick William Herschel recommend any person with which he can place him. Went to Boulogne with some members of the Geological Society to meet French geologists. Quite a successful meeting, though the French Geologists are split into two opposing factions.

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HS/7/236
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5 October 1839
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William Henry Fitton, Letter, from William Henry Fitton to Sir John Herschel, dated at Bloomfield Lodge, 5 October 1839, HS/7/236, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_236/letter-from-william-henry-fitton-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-bloomfield-lodge, accessed on 25 January 2026

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