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RefNoHS/18/315
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Samuel Young to Sir John Herschel, dated at Formosa Cottage
CreatorYoung; Samuel; Baronet Young of Formosa (1766-1826)
Date5 August 1821
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender, with annotations by recipient. Laid up with gout. Thanks John Frederick William Herschel for proposing Samuel Young's eldest son [George] as member of taxonomical society. Samuel Young trying to gain captain's commission for son under Lord Melville [R. S. Dundas]. Describes crystal that Samuel Young cannot identify.
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originFormosa Cottage
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8048
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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