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Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh

Reference number: HS/9/164

Date: 7 February 1829

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has requested his friend Thomas Henderson of Edinburgh University to call on John Frederick William Herschel. Would be pleased if John Frederick William Herschel can help him in any way.

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HS/9/164
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7 February 1829
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Basil Hall

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Basil Hall, Basil Hall, Letter, from Basil Hall to Sir John Herschel, dated at Edinburgh, 7 February 1829, HS/9/164, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_164/letter-from-basil-hall-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 17 April 2026

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