Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

Letter, from Adam Sedgwick to Sir John Herschel, dated at Norwich

Reference number: HS/15/443

Date: 16 May 1853

Description

Autograph letter signed by sender. Asks John Frederick William Herschel to consider Reginald Octavius Day for an appointment to the new mint in Australia. Sends regards of his nieces and self.

Reference number
HS/15/443
Earliest possible date
16 May 1853
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Adam Sedgwick

View page for Adam Sedgwick

Use this record

Citation

Adam Sedgwick, Letter, from Adam Sedgwick to Sir John Herschel, dated at Norwich, 16 May 1853, HS/15/443, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_15_443/letter-from-adam-sedgwick-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-norwich, accessed on 03 December 2024

Link to this record

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/hs_15_443/letter-from-adam-sedgwick-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-norwich" title="Letter, from Adam Sedgwick to Sir John Herschel, dated at Norwich" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Map

Explore the collection

  • Herschel Letters

    Dates: 1807-1875

    This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

    View collection