Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen
Reference number: HS/25/3/20
Date: 11 July 1834
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Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Describes the departure of an expedition north of the Cape, as well as the pleasures of the country and the beautiful skies for observing. The delivery of mail is, however, so erratic as to be vexatious.
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- HS/25/3/20
- Earliest possible date
- 11 July 1834
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Feldhausen, 11 July 1834, HS/25/3/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_3_20/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-francis-baily-dated-at-feldhausen, accessed on 12 May 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. 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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John Frederick William Herschel
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Francis Baily
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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