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Letter, from James A. Gordon to Sir John Herschel, dated at Knockspock

Reference number: HS/8/183

Date: 17 August 1849

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is sorry to hear that John Frederick William Herschel will not be visiting them this year. Hopes he will come another year. Sir George Grey should read John Frederick William Herschel's translation of Frederick Schiller. Thomas Maclear ought to be Scottish. The Queen has arrived at Balmoral.

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HS/8/183
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17 August 1849
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4 pages
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James Alexander Gordon

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James Alexander Gordon, Letter, from James A. Gordon to Sir John Herschel, dated at Knockspock, 17 August 1849, HS/8/183, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_183/letter-from-james-a-gordon-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-knockspock, accessed on 14 June 2025

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