Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 20 Copies of outgoing letters
Reference number: HS/20
Date: 1873-1875
Description
Copies of outgoing letters from Sir John Herschel on blue paper mounted on guards. Original or draft letters copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Various copyist from the Herschel family were involved in the exercise.
The letters are arranged chronologically to form a calendar of the correspondence, then alphabetically by correspondent.
Covering letters from 1812 to 1827.
Some letters copied in the sequence are duplicates of drafts or contemporary copies contained in volumes 1 to 19 of the incoming correspondence.
- Reference number
- HS/20
- Earliest possible date
- 1873-1875
- Page extent
- 270 letters
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Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 20 Copies of outgoing letters, 1873-1875, HS/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_20/correspondence-of-john-frederick-william-herschel-volume-20-copies-of-outgoing-letters, accessed on 10 December 2024
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This volume contains 270 manuscripts:
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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage
1 July 1812 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/20/1 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage
14 August 1812 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/20/2 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at Norfolk St.
1812 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/20/3 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage
1812-8 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/20/4
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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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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807-1875
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