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Autograph Letter Signed, to “My dear Hooker”, sending a cheque for a share in a wedding present. A good one page example, 7 x 4 inches. 27 October 1877. Thomas Archer Hirst FRS (1830-1892), mathematician, specialising in geometry. His speciality was Cremona transformations. In his early days Hirst wrote extensively in his notebooks (sometimes called the Journal), recording everything he read and much of what he was thinking about. This extraordinary record of about fifty years is preserved in the library of the Royal Institution.