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  <dc:title>Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Unable to chair the [the Royal Astronomical Society] meeting on Friday. On various persons proposed as the Royal Astronomical Society associates or honorary members. Has recently been busy reading newspapers: 'There seem to be 2 worlds going on at once and it is not easy to keep up with both.'</dc:description>
  <dc:date>6 March 1848</dc:date>
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