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Autograph letter signed by sender. Is sorry to hear the news of Sir William Herschel's death. Has no idea where John Frederick William Herschel is. His son's last letter was from Lille.

Reference number
HS/9/2
Earliest possible date
30 August 1822
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Robert of Whitehill Grahame

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Robert of Whitehill Grahame, Letter, from Robert Grahame, Sr. to Miss Baldwin, dated at Glasgow, 30 August 1822, HS/9/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_2/letter-from-robert-grahame-sr-to-miss-baldwin-dated-at-glasgow, accessed on 01 December 2024

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