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Autograph letter signed by sender. Note accompanying a sketch of an earlier time in the lives of James Grahame and John Frederick William Herschel (sketch by Jane Grahame).

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HS/8/438
Earliest possible date
3 October 1840
Page extent
1 page
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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 Nantes, 3 October 1840, HS/8/438, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_438/letter-from-james-grahame-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-nantes, accessed on 17 July 2025

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