RefNoHS/25/12/1
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter, from Margaret Brodie Herschel to John Wrottesley , dated at Collingwood
CreatorHerschel; Margaret (1810-1884); née Brodie Stewart; botanical artist; wife of Sir John Herschel
RecipientJohn Wrottesley
Date25 March 1855
DescriptionCopy of letter, copied by Isabella Herschel in 1875 as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Writing on John Frederick William Herschel's behalf, Margaret Herschel begs John Frederick William Herschel be excused from writing a memoir of C. F. Gauss, as John Frederick William Herschel is very ill.
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originCollingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent
Origin coordinates51.035306, 0.513556
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AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1131
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3417Wrottesley; John (1798 - 1867); 2nd Baron Wrottesley1798 - 1867
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