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Letter, from James Grahame to Sir John Herschel, dated at Glasgow

Reference number: HS/8/233

Date: 1 October 1810

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Recalls time spent together; asks John Frederick William Herschel for information about Cambridge colleges, especially St. John's.

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HS/8/233
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1 October 1810
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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James Grahame

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James Grahame, Letter, from James Grahame to Sir John Herschel, dated at Glasgow, 1 October 1810, HS/8/233, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_233/letter-from-james-grahame-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-glasgow, accessed on 19 June 2025

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