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Reference numberHS/4/321
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from William Buckland to Sir John Herschel, dated at Oxford
CreatorWilliam Buckland
Date22 January 1828
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Went to see the bones of the mastodon last Friday. R. I. Murchison and W. H. Wollaston will be coming to Oxford on the 18 Feb.; can John Frederick William Herschel arrange to meet them there?
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originOxford
Origin coordinates51.75, -1.25
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Access statusOpen
URL descriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel5852
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8154Buckland; William (1784 - 1856); Dean of Westminster and geologist1784 - 1856
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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