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ROGERS
(Samuel, 1763-1855, Poet)
Autograph Letter Signed to Dear Catherine
saying that Henry & Eliza & their family from Hampstead come to dine here at two o'clock tomorrow & if you will come & meet them, I need not say how welcome you will be. I was in the hope of those from Highbury Place but the Mumps have disappointed me. If Arthur Aikin would escort you, he would be most welcome..., 2 sides 12mo., St James's Place, Tuesday, no date
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Arthur AIKIN (1773-1854) was an English chemist, mineralogist and scientific writer, and was a founding member of the Chemical Society (now the Royal Society of Chemistry). He first became its treasurer in 1841, and later became the society's second president.
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