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Reference numberHS/4/158
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Miles Bland to Sir John Herschel, dated at Ramsgate
CreatorMiles Bland
Date25 February 1832
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. The postal packet that he forwarded to Durham has been lost, so would be grateful if John Frederick William Herschel would send him another recommendation. Must not speak too humbly of himself. Finds Cambridge much changed.
LanguageEnglish
Extent2pp
FormatManuscript
Place originRamsgate, Kent
Origin coordinates51.336, 1.416
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Access statusOpen
URL descriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel5670
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA4957Bland; Miles (1786 - 1867); mathematician1786 - 1867
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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