| RefNo | HS/12/5 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from John McClelland to Sir John Herschel, dated at Calcutta |
| Creator | McClelland; John (1805-1883); physician; East India Company official; Superintendent of the Calcutta Botanical Garden; editor of the Calcutta Journal of Natural History |
| Date | 7 November 1837 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending his pamphlet on the tea plant. Comments on the geological features of the Chittagong area. Hopes that John Frederick William Herschel will have time to look at the fossils. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Calcutta, [Kolkata], India |
| Origin coordinates | 22.5675, 88.37 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel11640
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |