Letter, from Robert Grahame, Jr. to Sir John Herschel, dated at Glasgow

Reference number: HS/9/10

Date: 23 November 1843

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Does not have a complete list of his father's publications. Some he wished to suppress. Approves of John Frederick William Herschel's suggestion to send the manuscript of the history to Harvard. Is gratified by Dr. [Josiah?] Quincy's letter and also John Frederick William Herschel's impression of his father's character.

Reference number: HS/9/10
Earliest possible date: 23 November 1843
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Robert Grahame

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Robert Grahame, Letter, from Robert Grahame, Jr. to Sir John Herschel, dated at Glasgow, 23 November 1843, HS/9/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_10/letter-from-robert-grahame-jr-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-glasgow, accessed on 13 January 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 9 R Grahame-Horsburgh
1819-1871 Reference number: HS/9

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