RefNo | HS/19 |
Level | SubSeries |
Title | Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 19 Miscellaneous |
Date | 1821-1870 |
Description | Letters from various correspondents sent to Sir John Herschel, with some drafts of his replies and original letters by Herschel recovered from selected correspondents after his death. It also contains various enclosures from letters in the rest of the correspondence, as well as scraps and notes.
The contents of volume 19 were found too late to be filed in proper sequences. |
Extent | 1 volume; 313 items |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Documents were tipped onto guards and bound in blue library buckram with volume information on the spine, in gilt, but were detached in 2023. |
Arrangement | Roughly alphabetical by author; chronological within each correspondence group. |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |