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  <dc:title>Letter from John Frederick William Herschel, Collingwood to Edward Sabine</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Herschel expresses regret to learn of Lord Northampton’s [Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton] resignation from the presidency of the Royal Society and the ‘manner’ in which it occurred. Herschel is grateful that Sabine and others wish him to hold the office temporarily, but regards it as 'impossible.'</dc:description>
  <dc:date>25 January 1848</dc:date>
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