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RefNoHS/19/172a
LevelItem
TitlePress cuttings from letters sent to the editor of the Stroud Journal
Date1862
DescriptionSections from the correspondence column of the Stroud journal discussing the arrival to Bath of Sir William Herschel.
Thomas Parsons wrote to the journal on 6 May 1862 recounting a tale by his grandfather claiming that he had hosted William Herschel on his arrival as a "fifer" in Bath "attached to a Hanovarian regiment then quartered in the city", even helping him "construct a telescope thirty feet in length".
Sir John Herschel wrote to correct that account on 2 June 1862. His father William Herschel had been discharged from the regiment and was an oboe player, he also had a paid position as "organist at the Octagon Chapel", did not build telescopes before April 1773.
There is also added a letter of apology from Thomas Parson is also added dated 4 June 1862.
The press cuttings are pasted at the back of a page of a typed paper on radio waves from the 1920s.
LanguageEnglish
Extent1 p.
PhysicalDescriptionPrinted cuttings pasted in chronological order of publication. Back of the item, typed notes crossed over with blue pencil.
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA8060Herschel; Sir; William (1738 - 1822); astronomer1738 - 1822
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