Copy of letter, from Sir John Herschel to Adam Sedgwick, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/24/123
Date: 3 October 1865
Description
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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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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