Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty
Reference number: HS/3/401
Date: 7 June 1852
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender, with annotations by recipient. Encloses a letter from Thomas Maclear regarding the resignation of his assistant, George Childe. Would like John Frederick William Herschel's opinion on the appointment of Maclear's sons to succeed Childe.
- Reference number
- HS/3/401
- Earliest possible date
- 7 June 1852
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Francis Beaufort, Letter, from Francis Beaufort to Sir John Herschel, dated at Admiralty, 7 June 1852, HS/3/401, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_401/letter-from-francis-beaufort-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-admiralty, accessed on 23 June 2025
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 3 Babinet-Beaufort
1819-1869 Reference number: HS/3
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Francis Beaufort
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John Frederick William Herschel
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