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  <dc:title>Letter, from Edward Sabine to Sir John Herschel, dated at Woolwich</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. Admiralty is dissatisfied at still being responsible for the Van Diemen's Land Observatory. Suggests responsibility be shifted to the Ordinance. Treasury will no longer finance the building of observatories when other bu</dc:description>
  <dc:date>11 August 1839</dc:date>
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