Letter, from [James] Horsburgh to Captain Basil Hall, dated at East India House, London
Reference number: HS/9/496
Date: 23 April 1833
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. Informs handed his trach charts to Hall's 'servant', and would be happy to gift any other charts Sir John Herschel would like from him during his voyage to the Cape. Remarks on the price of the 'Directory' and selling them to friends. Hall has not returned Horsburgh's map of 'Hindoostan' [pre partition India, Pakistan and Bagladesh].
- Reference number
- HS/9/496
- Earliest possible date
- 23 April 1833
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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James Horsburgh, James Horsburgh, Letter, from [James] Horsburgh to Captain Basil Hall, dated at East India House, London, 23 April 1833, HS/9/496, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_496/letter-from-james-horsburgh-to-captain-basil-hall-dated-at-east-india-house-london, accessed on 16 February 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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James Horsburgh
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Basil Hall
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