Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Samuel Stratford, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/25/1/29
Date: 3 March 1831
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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Writes a second letter to clarify the first [see John Frederick William Herschel's 1831-3-3] about a matter involving the Greenwich Observatory and the Astronomical Society.
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- HS/25/1/29
- Earliest possible date
- 3 March 1831
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Samuel Stratford, dated at Slough, 3 March 1831, HS/25/1/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_1_29/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-samuel-stratford-dated-at-slough, accessed on 10 October 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 -
Copy book of Sir John Herschel's outgoing correspondence, vol. I, from 22 May 1830 to 8 March 1831
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/1
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John Frederick William Herschel
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William Samuel Stratford
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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