Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Fitton, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/25/1/9
Date: 18 October 1830
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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. About the sad state of the Royal Society [of London] under the presidency of Davies Gilbert, and what is to be done to improve it.
- Reference number
- HS/25/1/9
- Earliest possible date
- 18 October 1830
- Page extent
- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Henry Fitton, dated at Slough, 18 October 1830, HS/25/1/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_1_9/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-william-henry-fitton-dated-at-slough, accessed on 12 May 2025
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: 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 -
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 Henry Fitton
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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