Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to James A. Gordon, dated at Paris

Reference number: HS/8/189

Date: 5 September 1850

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Draft letter. Has no intention of standing as MP for Cambridge. Thanks him for his generous offer. Would be pleased to pass on £200 to his cousin Thomas Baldwin.

Reference number: HS/8/189
Earliest possible date: 5 September 1850
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to James A. Gordon, dated at Paris, 5 September 1850, HS/8/189, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_189/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-james-a-gordon-dated-at-paris, accessed on 13 May 2025

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This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

Dates: 1807 - 1875

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