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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter from J [James] South, Observatory Kensington, to W [Walter] White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: MC/7/204

Date: 9 May 1865

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Requesting archived correspondence and material relating to [John Frederick William] Herschel's resignation as secretary of the Society in 1827.

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MC/7/204
Earliest possible date
9 May 1865
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1 page
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Manuscript

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James South

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James South, Letter from J [James] South, Observatory Kensington, to W [Walter] White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 9 May 1865, MC/7/204, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/mc_7_204/letter-from-j-james-south-observatory-kensington-to-w-walter-white-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 15 May 2026

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