Copies of Sir John Herschel's and Margaret Brodie Herschel letters to Lord [John] Wrottesley FRS, from 25 March 1855 to 31 May 1866
Reference number: HS/25/12
Date: 1875
Description
Loose copies of letters from John Herschel to Lord John Wrottesley, arranged in chronological order and preceded by a typed index indicating previous locations (Box n.2.) and previous shelfmark. Pencil annotation on wrapper: "7 letters (+1 from Lady H) recd July 25 1875, copied IS H." [Isabella Herschel]; "all duplicated elsewhere" and "not yet paged".
Letters therefore all copied by Isabella Herschel as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father.
- Reference number
- HS/25/12
- Earliest possible date
- 1875
- Physical description
- Blue lined paper, ink and pencil.
- Page extent
- 8 copy letters
- Format
- Manuscript
Creator names
John Frederick William Herschel
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Margaret Herschel
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John Frederick William Herschel, Margaret Herschel, Copies of Sir John Herschel's and Margaret Brodie Herschel letters to Lord [John] Wrottesley FRS, from 25 March 1855 to 31 May 1866, 1875, HS/25/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_12/copies-of-sir-john-herschels-and-margaret-brodie-herschel-letters-to-lord-john-wrottesley-frs-from-25-march-1855-to-31-may-1866, accessed on 09 December 2025
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Hierarchy
This volume contains 8 manuscripts:
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Copy letter, from Margaret Brodie Herschel to John Wrottesley , dated at Collingwood
25 March 1855 Creator: Margaret Herschel Reference number: HS/25/12/1 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Wrottesley, dated at Collingwood
28 March 1856 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/12/2 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Wrottesley, dated at Collingwood
15 March 1857 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/12/3 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Wrottesley, dated at Collingwood
17 November 1858 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/12/4
This item is part of:
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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 25 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/25
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John Wrottesley
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Herschel Letters
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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