Copies of Sir John Herschel's letters to various correspondents with uncertain dates
Reference number: HS/25/13
Date: 1875
Description
Loose copies of letters from John Herschel to James South (4 letter); Thomas Henderson (1 letter); John Fairbairn (1 letter); Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland) (1 letter); James Clark Ross (1 letter); George Biddell Airy (2 letters); William Whewell (2 letters); Dominique Francois Jean Arago (1 letter); John Shepherd (1 letter); John Lubbock (1 letter); William Henry Smyth (2 letters); "H" MacLeod [could be Norman MacLeod] (1 letter); David Brewster (2 letters); "T." Cranch [could be Joseph Cranch] (1 letter); Henry Kater (3 letters); Mary Frances Kater, née Reeves (3 letters).
Letters arranged in rough chronological order for those with possible year, then alphabetical for the undated ones.
The letters are preceded by a typed index indicating previous locations (Box n.2.) and previous shelfmark. Notes "Dates uncertain" in ink at the top of the index.
Letters copied by various copyists as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father.
- Reference number
- HS/25/13
- Earliest possible date
- 1875
- Physical description
- Blue lined paper, ink and pencil.
- Page extent
- 29 copy letters
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copies of Sir John Herschel's letters to various correspondents with uncertain dates, 1875, HS/25/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_13/copies-of-sir-john-herschels-letters-to-various-correspondents-with-uncertain-dates, accessed on 14 November 2025
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Hierarchy
This volume contains 29 manuscripts:
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Copy of a draft letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to James South
1828 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/13/1 -
Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Henderson, dated at Slough
11 December 1832 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/13/2 -
Copy of a draft letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to John Fairbairn, dated at [Feldhausen]
1837 late or 1838 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/13/3 -
Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Hugh Percy (3rd Duke of Northumberland)
1840? Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/13/4
This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , Sir; 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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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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