Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Stuart Mill
Reference number: HS/22/244
Date: 13 July 1845
Description
Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Is sending to Auguste Comte John Frederick William Herschel's Athenaeum comments on Comte. Asks John Stuart Mill not to mention that John Frederick William Herschel sent them to John Stuart Mill. Does not wish to offend Comte.
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- HS/22/244
- Earliest possible date
- 13 July 1845
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Stuart Mill, 13 July 1845, HS/22/244, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_244/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-stuart-mill, accessed on 18 May 2026
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