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Autograph letter signed by sender. James A. Gordon has been moved to Naish, though it will take some time before he will be able to move about. Has had a letter introducing a Mr. Agevado, who wishes to see one of the farms, but unfortunately left no address. Can John Frederick William Herschel advise Mr. Stewart?

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HS/8/215
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Murial Gordon

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Murial Gordon, Letter, from Murial[?] Gordon to Sir John Herschel, dated at Naish, Bristol, HS/8/215, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_215/letter-from-murial-gordon-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-naish-bristol, accessed on 19 May 2025

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    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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