Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Thomas Napier, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/22/95
Date: 10 August 1841
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Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Hears with pleasure of the peace reigning at the Cape between the Caffres. The Boers are a different proposition and John Frederick William Herschel agrees with George Thomas Napier's policy. J. R. Innes called in on his way to Scotland. Weather in England is gloomy, like the political events.
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- HS/22/95
- Earliest possible date
- 10 August 1841
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to George Thomas Napier, dated at Collingwood, 10 August 1841, HS/22/95, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_22_95/copy-of-draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-george-thomas-napier-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 09 May 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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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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