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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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