Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to David Brewster, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/25/3/1
Date: 8 December 1831
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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Having now learned that the offensive article in the Edinburgh Review was by David Brewster [see David Brewster's 1831-12-1], John Frederick William Herschel writes in surprise that David Brewster could have written what he did, and requests that John Frederick William Herschel's letter [see John Frederick William Herschel's 1831-11-25] be returned unpublished. John Frederick William Herschel will decide how to proceed.
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- HS/25/3/1
- Earliest possible date
- 8 December 1831
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Sir; John Frederick William Herschel
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John Frederick William Herschel, Sir; John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to David Brewster, dated at Slough, 8 December 1831, HS/25/3/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_3_1/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-david-brewster-dated-at-slough, accessed on 07 November 2025
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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 , 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. 3, from 8 December 1831 to 21 September 1834
1873 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/3
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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