Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Alexander Hamilton-Gordon, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/8/149
Date: 13 February 1856
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Draft letter. Sorry to have given him the trouble over the box; sends the required letter. Unfair of the Times to blame Alexander Hamilton-Gordon for the disasters in the Crimea.
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- HS/8/149
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- 13 February 1856
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Alexander Hamilton-Gordon, dated at Collingwood, 13 February 1856, HS/8/149, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_149/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-alexander-hamilton-gordon-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 19 May 2025
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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