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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
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript

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Margaret Herschel

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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 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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