Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Samuel Stratford
Reference number: HS/21/35
Date: 21 January 1829
Description
Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. 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.
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- HS/21/35
- Earliest possible date
- 21 January 1829
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- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Samuel Stratford, 21 January 1829, HS/21/35, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_21_35/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-samuel-stratford, accessed on 22 March 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 21 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/21
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John Frederick William Herschel
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William Samuel Stratford
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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