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Letter, from Isaac Fletcher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Tarn Bank near Cockermouth

Reference number: HS/7/274

Date: 1 December 1865

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is grateful for his copy of the catalogue of nebulae.

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HS/7/274
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1 December 1865
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Isaac Fletcher

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Isaac Fletcher, Isaac Fletcher, Letter, from Isaac Fletcher to Sir John Herschel, dated at Tarn Bank near Cockermouth, 1 December 1865, HS/7/274, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_7_274/letter-from-isaac-fletcher-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-tarn-bank-near-cockermouth, accessed on 10 September 2026

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