Copy letter, from Margaret Brodie Herschel to John Wrottesley , dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/25/12/1
Date: 25 March 1855
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Copy of letter, copied by Isabella Herschel in 1875 as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Writing on John Frederick William Herschel's behalf, Margaret Herschel begs John Frederick William Herschel be excused from writing a memoir of C. F. Gauss, as John Frederick William Herschel is very ill.
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- HS/25/12/1
- Earliest possible date
- 25 March 1855
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- 1 page
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- Manuscript
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Margaret Herschel, Copy letter, from Margaret Brodie Herschel to John Wrottesley , dated at Collingwood, 25 March 1855, HS/25/12/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_12_1/copy-letter-from-margaret-brodie-herschel-to-john-wrottesley-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 21 January 2026
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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 -
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 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Margaret Herschel Reference number: HS/25/12
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