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

Reference number: HS/8/321

Date: 31 December 1824

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Asks John Frederick William Herschel about lodgings in London for James Grahame and his children. James Grahame has begun his history of North America.

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HS/8/321
Earliest possible date
31 December 1824
Page extent
2 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 Whitehill, Glasgow, 31 December 1824, HS/8/321, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_321/letter-from-james-grahame-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-whitehill-glasgow, accessed on 19 May 2025

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