Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort

Reference number: HS/3/322a

Date: October 1831

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Contemporary copy of extract from a reply, in Herschel's hand. Annotated "reply to letter of Oct. 15th to Capt. F. Beaufort". Is returning the proof of [Stephen] Groombridge's catalogue. Comments on the expense of printing it. Is pleased that Thomas Henderson has been appointed Cape Astronomer.

Reference number: HS/3/322a
Earliest possible date: October 1831
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Francis Beaufort, October 1831, HS/3/322a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_322a/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-francis-beaufort, accessed on 21 May 2025

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Dates: 1807 - 1875

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