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RefNoHS/27/9
LevelItem
TitleDraft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Charles Babbage, dated at [London]
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date25 November 1826
DescriptionDraft letter. In describing the way in which J. G. Children was elected to the secretaryship, John Frederick William Herschel says 'the matter was irregularly brought by the President before a meeting of eight or nine persons whom he chose to call a council' to meet for a few minutes 'to transmit some business connected with the Treasurer's accounts.' John Frederick William Herschel feels Humphry Davy's actions will not be excused even by Davy's best friends.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4pp
FormatManuscript
Place originLondon
Origin coordinates51.507222, -0.1275
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1246
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA6626Babbage; Charles (1791 - 1871); mathematician1791 - 1871
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