Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Davies Gilbert, dated at [56 Devonshire St.]
Reference number: HS/27/12
Date: 27 June 1827
Description
Contemporary copy in sender's hand, signed by sender. Informs Davies Gilbert that John Frederick William Herschel is resigning as secretary of Royal Society [of London] [at the anniversary date?] and expresses great regret that some regard the position of secretary not as an elected position, but in the patronage of the President.
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- HS/27/12
- Earliest possible date
- 27 June 1827
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- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Davies Gilbert, dated at [56 Devonshire St.], 27 June 1827, HS/27/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_27_12/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-davies-gilbert-dated-at-56-devonshire-st, accessed on 16 August 2026
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