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  <dc:title>Letter, from Thomas Maclear to Sir John Herschel, dated at Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. Approached Col. R. Thom[p]son on the subject of some rockets, and he advises an official letter to the Officer of Ordnance. Is inclined to use gunpowder instead if John Frederick William Herschel is agreeable. Hopes Lady Herschel and the new infant are progressing.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>11 September 1834</dc:date>
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