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- 5 March 1858 (Creation)
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8 pp.
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Bequeathed by Henrietta Litchfield (née Darwin) to Margaret Keynes.
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Gift of Margaret Keynes, April 1952.
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129 Union Street, Aberdeen. Is pleased with the position at Aberdeen; reflects on his marriage [to Katherine Mary Dewar]; answers Litchfield’s questions with what he describes as a "metaphysical screed;" he gives his opinion on Catholics; a section apparently about marriage has been cut out; sends a paper set for his class and reflects on the quality of answers to the questions.
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Published in The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell P. M. Harman, ed. Cambridge University Press, 1990, vol. I, No. 147.
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A section has been cut out of a third of one page, taking text.
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Part of a collection of fifteen letters from Clerk Maxwell to Litchfield dating from 1853 to 1858 (Add. MS c.1/78-91).
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Letter marked "16a" and "16b" in red ink on front, with editorial marks throughout.