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RefNoHS/14/292
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Josiah Quincy to Sir John Herschel, dated at Harvard University
CreatorQuincy; Josiah III (1772–1864); American educator; historian; President of Harvard University; political figure.
Date31 May 1844
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Discusses possibilities for republication of James Grahame's [History of the United States of North America]. Memoirs of Grahame are complete.
LanguageEnglish
Extent2pp
FormatManuscript
Place originHarvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Origin coordinates42.374, -71.117
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel2049
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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