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Copy of letter, from Sir John Herschel to Adam Sedgwick, dated at Collingwood

Reference number: HS/24/123

Date: 3 October 1865

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Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. John Frederick William Herschel's daughter Maria is getting married. John Frederick William Herschel has been ill. The Iliad translation is almost finished.

Reference number
HS/24/123
Earliest possible date
3 October 1865
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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Sir; John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of letter, from Sir John Herschel to Adam Sedgwick, dated at Collingwood, 3 October 1865, HS/24/123, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_24_123/copy-of-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-adam-sedgwick-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 10 November 2025

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