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Autograph letter signed to Eliza Adams

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 26/33/2
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1 July 1913

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Enthusiastic acknowledgement of JCA memorabilia sent. Encloses extract from Mary Somerville's diary and Galle's obituary from the Times.

Woodward, Edmund Henry (1828-1923)

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 9/23/3
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30 Sep. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Observation of planet of LeVerrier by Galle at Berlin, and Hind at Greenwich. [Neptune].

Hind, John Russell (1823-1895) astronomer

Draft autograph letter to J.R. Hind

Adams/Box 16/38/1
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15 Oct. 1846

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Incomplete. Recipient not identified but see JRH to JCA 30 Sep.1846 9/23/3. Acknowledging news of the discovery of the new planet [Neptune, observed by Galle and JRH]

Adams, John Couch (1819-1892) astronomer