RefNo | HS/16/44 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, dated at Collingwood |
Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
Date | 12 January 1846 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Is too busy to accept the office of Foreign Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society Says he cannot even keep up with his correspondence at home. Has been forced to give up foreign correspondence altogether. |
Language | English |
Extent | 2pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | HS/25/9/19 |
RelatedRecord | HS/25/9/19 |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel3701
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
NA5536 | Sheepshanks; Richard (1794 - 1855) | 1794 - 1855 |