Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Basil Hall, dated at Slough

Reference number: HS/9/172

Date: 16 September 1832

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Copy of a letter. Gives a reply to the query on life assurance, but is not clear what the question is really about. Is flattered by the suggestion for a passage to the Cape in a Naval vessel, but has made up his mind to travel privately.

Reference number: HS/9/172
Earliest possible date: 16 September 1832
Page extent: 4 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 Basil Hall, dated at Slough, 16 September 1832, HS/9/172, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_9_172/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-basil-hall-dated-at-slough, accessed on 16 February 2026

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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Basil Hall, dated at Slough
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/21/115

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 9 R Grahame-Horsburgh
1819-1871 Reference number: HS/9

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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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