Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Slough
Reference number: HS/25/9/2
Date: 29 April 1839
Description
Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Discusses arrangements for the printing of a portrait of John Frederick William Herschel in some copies of a forthcoming volume [John Frederick William Herschel's Cape Results].
- Reference number
- HS/25/9/2
- Earliest possible date
- 29 April 1839
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Slough, 29 April 1839, HS/25/9/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_25_9_2/copy-of-a-letter-from-john-frederick-william-herschel-to-richard-sheepshanks-dated-at-slough, accessed on 12 August 2026
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