Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Chesham Street
Reference number: HS/24/222
Date: 1 August 1868
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Copy of a letter. Thanks William Selwyn for 'Genevieve' translation. Will not continue the Dante because a Terza Rima translation has been done previously. The sun is behaving oddly.
- Reference number
- HS/24/222
- Earliest possible date
- 1 August 1868
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Selwyn, dated at Chesham Street, 1 August 1868, HS/24/222, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_24_222/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-selwyn-dated-at-chesham-street, accessed on 10 December 2025
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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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William Selwyn
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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