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Letter, from Sir William J. Hooker to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Reference number: HS/9/461

Date: 14 June 1848

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending his notes for John Frederick William Herschel's Admiralty Manual. Would have been earlier but he dislocated his left shoulder and had to have the services of an amanuensis.

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HS/9/461
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14 June 1848
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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William Jackson Hooker

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William Jackson Hooker, Letter, from Sir William J. Hooker to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 14 June 1848, HS/9/461, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_461/letter-from-sir-william-j-hooker-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-royal-botanic-gardens-kew, accessed on 15 June 2025

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