Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Harriet Lubbock

Reference number: HS/23/394

Date: 16 November 1862

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Copy of a letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Thanks for the perusal of the papers; these show a maturity of thought unexpected in a youth of eighteen. Comments on the moral questions included.

Reference number: HS/23/394
Earliest possible date: 16 November 1862
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Harriet Lubbock, 16 November 1862, HS/23/394, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_23_394/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-harriet-lubbock, accessed on 13 September 2026

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
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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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