| RefNo | HS/16/217 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Ann Smyth to Sir John Herschel, dated at 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea |
| Creator | Smyth; Anna Maria Antonia (c. 1827-1909); née Story-Maskelyne; wife of geologist Warington Wilkinson Smyth |
| Date | 6 February 1842 |
| Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for reporting on C. P. Smyth's progress. Has read John Frederick William Herschel's translations of Schiller's The Walk. Sends copy of C. P. Smyth's work at Baseline Camp Zwartland on the remeasurement of N. L. Lacaille's meridian of arc. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | 3 Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, London |
| Origin coordinates | 51.4823, -0.1727 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel4437
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |