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Letter, from James Grahame to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cavendish Place, Hastings

Reference number: HS/8/343

Date: 8 October 1826

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Autograph letter signed by sender. James Grahame urges John Frederick William Herschel to marry. James Grahame has begun to write history again.

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HS/8/343
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8 October 1826
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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 3 Cavendish Place, Hastings, 8 October 1826, HS/8/343, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_343/letter-from-james-grahame-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-3-cavendish-place-hastings, accessed on 21 June 2025

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