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Letter, from Robert Grahame, Sr. to Sir John Herschel, dated at London

Reference number: HS/9/4

Date: 21 April 1830

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has been laid up with a cold and unable to answer his letter. Congratulations on the new baby. Hopes mother and child are doing well. Will wait for confirmation of his son's marriage before sending the news to the papers.

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HS/9/4
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21 April 1830
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Robert of Whitehill Grahame

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Robert of Whitehill Grahame, Letter, from Robert Grahame, Sr. to Sir John Herschel, dated at London, 21 April 1830, HS/9/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_4/letter-from-robert-grahame-sr-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-london, accessed on 21 June 2025

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