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Letter, from Thomas Galloway to Sir John Herschel, dated at Serjeants' Inn

Reference number: HS/8/5

Date: 12 March 1839

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending the resolution of the Council relating to the Glasgow Observatory. Would be pleased if John Frederick William Herschel would sign it and forward it to the Treasury.

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HS/8/5
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12 March 1839
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Thomas Galloway

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Thomas Galloway, Letter, from Thomas Galloway to Sir John Herschel, dated at Serjeants' Inn, 12 March 1839, HS/8/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_5/letter-from-thomas-galloway-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-serjeants-inn, accessed on 14 June 2025

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