Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel
Reference number: HS/3/95
Date: 19 May 1831
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Autograph letter signed by sender. Vacant rooms at Somerset House and possibility of the Royal Astronomical Society being allocated some. Suggests a meeting with Frederick Augustus (Duke of Sussex) to press their cause.
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- HS/3/95
- Earliest possible date
- 19 May 1831
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- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Francis Baily, Francis Baily, Letter, from Francis Baily to Sir John Herschel, 19 May 1831, HS/3/95, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_3_95/letter-from-francis-baily-to-sir-john-herschel, accessed on 12 November 2025
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel , 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 Baily
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Dates: 1807 - 1875
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