Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 12 Macann-Murray
Reference number: HS/12
Date: 1825-1870
Description
Letters from various correspondents sent to Sir John Herschel, with some drafts of his replies and original letters by Herschel recovered from selected correspondents after his death.
Prominent correspondents include: James McCullagh; Thomas Maclear; Robert Main; Charles May; Macedoine Melloni; John Stuart Mill; John Fletcher Miller; William Allen Miller; Sir Roderick Impey Murchison.
- Reference number
- HS/12
- Earliest possible date
- 1825-1870
- Physical description
- Documents previously tipped onto guards and bound in blue library buckram with volume information on the spine, in gilt. Disbound in 2023 and loose letters in folders.
- Page extent
- 1 volume; 457 letters
- Format
- Manuscript
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Citation
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 12 Macann-Murray, 1825-1870, HS/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_12/correspondence-of-john-frederick-william-herschel-volume-12-macann-murray, accessed on 12 November 2024
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Hierarchy
This volume contains 459 manuscripts:
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Letter, from M. Macann to Sir John Herschel, dated at 56 Upper Seymour St.
7 February 1848 Creator: M. Macann Reference number: HS/12/1 -
Letter, from M. Macann to Sir John Herschel, dated at 56 Upper Seymour St.
12 February 1848 Creator: M. Macann Reference number: HS/12/2 -
Letter, from M. Macann to Sir John Herschel, dated at 56 Upper Seymour St.
19 April 1848 Creator: M. Macann Reference number: HS/12/3 -
Letter, from M. Macann to Sir John Herschel, dated at 56 Upper Seymour St.
21 April 1848 Creator: M. Macann Reference number: HS/12/4
This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
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