Skip to content

Please be aware that some material may contain words, descriptions or illustrations which will not reflect current scientific understanding and may be considered in today's context inaccurate, unethical, offensive or distressing.

Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Elizabeth Colling, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/23/273

Date: 28 August 1859

Description

Copy of a letter. Thanks for some verses; comments on the current state of Indian religious society.

Reference number
HS/23/273
Earliest possible date
28 August 1859
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Frederick William Herschel

View page for John Frederick William Herschel

Use this record

Citation

John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Elizabeth Colling, dated at Collingwood, 28 August 1859, HS/23/273, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_273/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-elizabeth-colling-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 16 May 2026

Link to this record

Embed this record

<iframe src="https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/embed/items/hs_23_273/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-elizabeth-colling-dated-at-collingwood" title="Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Elizabeth Colling, dated at Collingwood" allow="fullscreen" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="500px"></iframe>

Hierarchy

This item is part of:

Related Fellows

Map

Explore the collection

  • 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

    View collection