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Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at 30 Woburn Place

Reference number: HS/16/3

Date: 22 July 1835

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Autograph letter signed by sender. On John Frederick William Herschel's portrait, which Richard Sheepshanks is trying to send to John Frederick William Herschel at the Cape. Asks John Frederick William Herschel to forgive the 'liberty' he has taken with John Frederick William Herschel's 'physiognomy,' but Richard Sheepshanks wants to show off John Frederick William Herschel as an 'ornament' of Cambridge. Updates John Frederick William Herschel on Francis Baily's progress and the status of the St. Helena Observatory.

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HS/16/3
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22 July 1835
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4 pages
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Manuscript
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Richard Sheepshanks

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Richard Sheepshanks, Letter, from Richard Sheepshanks to Sir John Herschel, dated at 30 Woburn Place, 22 July 1835, HS/16/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_16_3/letter-from-richard-sheepshanks-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-30-woburn-place, accessed on 10 May 2026

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