Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Stuart Mill
Reference number: HS/22/245
Date: 16? July 1845
Description
Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Do as John Stuart Mill suggests. Further comments on John Frederick William Herschel's dispute with the theories of Auguste Comte.
- Reference number
- HS/22/245
- Earliest possible date
- 16? July 1845
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Stuart Mill, 16? July 1845, HS/22/245, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_245/copy-of-draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-john-stuart-mill, accessed on 08 February 2026
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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 22 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/22
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John Frederick William Herschel
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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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