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  <dc:title>Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. Clarifies his position regarding the resolutions on the Royal Astronomical Society medals relating to the discovery of Neptune. Is unwilling to urge that they be accepted by the R.A.S, but can live with them because they contain the truth and nothing 'improper or offensive.' Suggests that if the Royal Astronomical Society does adopt these, it may 'prove a more fatal apple of discord than any that has been thrown down among us for years.'</dc:description>
  <dc:date>22 December 1846</dc:date>
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