Letter, from Benjamin Gompertz to Sir John Herschel, dated at Kennington Terrace, Vauxhall

Reference number: HS/8/136

Date: 13 May 1818

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Would like to become an F.R.S. Charles Babbage has procured a form and BG would be pleased if John Frederick William Herschel would subscribe his name. Hopes he is well.

Reference number: HS/8/136
Earliest possible date: 13 May 1818
Page extent: 1 page
Format: Manuscript
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Benjamin Gompertz, Letter, from Benjamin Gompertz to Sir John Herschel, dated at Kennington Terrace, Vauxhall, 13 May 1818, HS/8/136, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_136/letter-from-benjamin-gompertz-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-kennington-terrace-vauxhall, accessed on 08 November 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 8 Galbraith-J Grahame
1810-1870 Reference number: HS/8

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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