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Letter, from Elizabeth Gipps to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cape Town

Reference number: HS/9/99

Date: 28 December 1837

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Autographed letter . Is grateful for his gift of flower roots; she will take great care of them on her arrival at Sydney.

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HS/9/99
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28 December 1837
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Elizabeth Gipps

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Elizabeth Gipps, Letter, from Elizabeth Gipps to Sir John Herschel, dated at Cape Town, 28 December 1837, HS/9/99, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_99/letter-from-elizabeth-gipps-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-cape-town, accessed on 25 March 2025

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