Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Samuel Stratford

Reference number: HS/17/83

Date: 21 January 1829

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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Wishing to maintain good opinion of public, John Frederick William Herschel cautiously recommends that a certain passage be omitted from a monthly notice in the Nautical Almanac.

Reference number: HS/17/83
Earliest possible date: 21 January 1829
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Samuel Stratford, 21 January 1829, HS/17/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_83/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-samuel-stratford, accessed on 18 March 2025

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
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Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 17 Stark-V miscellaneous
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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.

Dates: 1807 - 1875

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