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  <dc:title>Incomplete copy 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 incident in which William Herschel is bitten by a snake.   

Transcription of the original pencil letter, catalogued as HSF/3/4/23, commencing at the missing section, and therefore post-dating the full transcription at HSF/3/4/22. Headed 'Copy pencil letter from W.J.H. page?...'.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>20 December 1856</dc:date>
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