Letter, from James A. Gordon to Sir John Herschel
Reference number: HS/8/203
Date: 1832
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Was grateful for John Frederick William Herschel's hospitality. Mrs. Gordon is on the way to Stocks. Would like to pair off with someone in order to save the journey to Cambridge for J. W. Lubbock's election. Encloses a letter he has had printed.
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- HS/8/203
- Earliest possible date
- 1832
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- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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James Alexander Gordon, Letter, from James A. Gordon to Sir John Herschel, 1832, HS/8/203, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_203/letter-from-james-a-gordon-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 19 May 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: 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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James Alexander Gordon
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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