Copies of Sir John Herschel's letters to Richard Sheepshanks, from October 1835 to 25 April 1860
Reference number: HS/25/9
Date: 1873
Description
Loose copies of letters from John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, arranged in chronological order and preceded by a typed index indicating previous locations (Box n.2.) and reference to the original letters in HS/16 on previously used wrapper.
Created as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father.
- Reference number
- HS/25/9
- Earliest possible date
- 1873
- Physical description
- Blue lined paper, ink and pencil.
- Page extent
- 79 copy letters
- Format
- Manuscript
Creator names
John Frederick William Herschel
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John Frederick William Herschel, John Herschel, Copies of Sir John Herschel's letters to Richard Sheepshanks, from October 1835 to 25 April 1860, 1873, HS/25/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_9/copies-of-sir-john-herschels-letters-to-richard-sheepshanks-from-october-1835-to-25-april-1860, accessed on 12 August 2026
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Hierarchy
This volume contains 79 manuscripts:
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Copy of an incomplete letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at [Feldhausen]
24 October 1835 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/9/1 -
Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Slough
29 April 1839 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/9/2 -
Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Slough
14 July 1839 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/9/3 -
Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks
25 February 1840 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/25/9/4
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
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John Herschel
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Richard Sheepshanks
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Herschel Letters
This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.
Dates: 1807 - 1875
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