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Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at [London]

Reference number: HS/27/9

Date: 25 November 1826

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Draft letter. In describing the way in which J. G. Children was elected to the secretaryship, John Frederick William Herschel says 'the matter was irregularly brought by the President before a meeting of eight or nine persons whom he chose to call a council' to meet for a few minutes 'to transmit some business connected with the Treasurer's accounts.' John Frederick William Herschel feels Humphry Davy's actions will not be excused even by Davy's best friends.

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HS/27/9
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25 November 1826
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4 pages
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Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at [London], 25 November 1826, HS/27/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_27_9/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-charles-babbage-dated-at-london, accessed on 17 October 2026

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