Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage
Reference number: HS/20/24
Date: 10 September 1815
Description
Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Hopes to call on him Monday. Is just off to Brighton for medical reasons. Will return to Cambridge later.
- Reference number
- HS/20/24
- Earliest possible date
- 10 September 1815
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, 10 September 1815, HS/20/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_20_24/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-charles-babbage, accessed on 11 October 2026
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Hierarchy
This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 20 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/20
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Charles Babbage
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Herschel Letters
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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