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  <dc:title>Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Autograph letter signed by sender. Has had a letter from William Lamb (2nd Viscount Melbourne) regarding the Polar expedition. Is not interested in becoming president of the Royal Society [of London] in succession to Frederick Augustus (Duke of Sussex). Has he the case of H. C. Schumacher's snuff box?</dc:description>
  <dc:date>17 September 1838</dc:date>
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