Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to James A. Gordon, dated at Slough

Reference number: HS/8/162

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Draft letter. Intended to write earlier but has been delayed by various causes. Their old friend the Dean of Hereford has just died. Comments on political situation in Sicily. New philosophical society started in Cambridge. Plans also for an observatory there.

Reference number: HS/8/162
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to James A. Gordon, dated at Slough, HS/8/162, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_8_162/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-james-a-gordon-dated-at-slough, accessed on 11 May 2026

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Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to James A. Gordon, dated at Slough
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
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Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 8 Galbraith-J Grahame
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This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

Dates: 1807 - 1875

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