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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel

Reference number: MS/426/492

Date: 25 November 1853

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Directs John Frederick William Herschel's attention to an advertisement in which Mr [John Russell] Hind is referred to as an FRS, which he is not. Explains it is intended to bring his candidature forward again this year and is keen to ensure nothing will prejudice his election this time round. This might be the case with the advertisement.

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MS/426/492
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25 November 1853
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Charles Richard Weld

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Charles Richard Weld, Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to J F W [John Frederick William] Herschel, 25 November 1853, MS/426/492, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_426_492/copy-letter-from-c-r-charles-richard-weld-the-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society-to-j-f-w-john-frederick-william-herschel, accessed on 13 July 2026

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