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<rdf:Description rdf:about="https://catalogues.royalsociety.org:443/CalmView/record/catalog/HSF/3/4/23" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
  <dc:title>Incomplete letter from William James Herschel, Aurangabad, to 'My dearest Father' [Sir John Frederick William Herschel]</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Commencing: '...to obey his behests on some point or other which by law they had a perfect right to decide for themselves...'. The letter contains the original description of the incident when William Herschel is bitten by a snake.   

A complete transcription of this original pencil letter, including the missing opening section, appears as HSF/3/4/22.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>20 December 1856</dc:date>
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