Letter, from Thomas Henderson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Old Palace Yard, Westminster

Reference number: HS/9/284

Date: 13 January 1832

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Spent a pleasant time with G. B. Airy at Cambridge. The 'Melville' ship sails from Portsmouth on Thursday and he has been promised a passage to the Cape in it. Proposes to call on him tomorrow to discuss certain things.

Reference number: HS/9/284
Earliest possible date: 13 January 1832
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Thomas Henderson, Letter, from Thomas Henderson to Sir John Herschel, dated at Old Palace Yard, Westminster, 13 January 1832, HS/9/284, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_284/letter-from-thomas-henderson-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-old-palace-yard-westminster, accessed on 14 August 2026

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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