Record

RefNoHS/11/161
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from William Lassell to Sir Benjamin Brodie, dated at Sandfield Park near Liverpool
CreatorWilliam Lassell
RecipientBenjamin Brodie
Date29 August 1861
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Thanks Sir Benjamin Brodie for providing letters of introduction for William Lassell's time in Malta and an important memorandum regarding unboarding the telescope. Details of travels to Malta. Hoping Brodie is less indisposed. Postscriptum mentioning that Lassell was expecting the documents to be sent by Herschel rather than directly by Brodie, see HS/11/160.
LanguageEnglish
Extent3pp
FormatManuscript
Place originBradstones, Sandfield Park near Liverpool
Origin coordinates53.425564, -2.912560
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AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11268
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7987Lassell; William (1799 - 1880); astronomer1799 - 1880
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer1792 - 1871
NA8148Brodie; Sir; Benjamin Collins (1817 - 1880)1817 - 1880
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