Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Jones, dated at Feldhausen
Reference number: HS/25/4/1
Date: 14 October 1834
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Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Thanks Richard Jones for having helped J[ohn] Stewart, [John Frederick William Herschel's brother-in-law], to a job; offers to try to get some South African statistics for the Statistical Society, and along the way comments on South African political life. John Frederick William Herschel describes life at the Cape, and the beauties of the skies.
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- HS/25/4/1
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- 14 October 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 Richard Jones, dated at Feldhausen, 14 October 1834, HS/25/4/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_4_1/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-richard-jones-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. 4, from 14 October 1834 to 20 February 1836
1873 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , John Herschel Reference number: HS/25/4
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