Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Elizabeth Colling, dated at [Collingwood]
Reference number: HS/24/187
Date: 4 February 1867
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Copy of a letter. Is in poor health; laments poor reception of his translation of the Iliad.
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- HS/24/187
- Earliest possible date
- 4 February 1867
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Elizabeth Colling, dated at [Collingwood], 4 February 1867, HS/24/187, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_24_187/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-elizabeth-colling-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 16 April 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 24 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/24
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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