| RefNo | HS/8/164 | 
| Level | Item | 
| Title | Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to James A. Gordon, dated at Chamouni | 
| Creator | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer and mathematician | 
| Recipient | James Alexander Gordon | 
| Date | 15 August 1821 | 
| Description | Draft letter. Wet weather has given him time for letter writing. Spent a week in Paris. Passed through Dijon, and has spent some time at Geneva, where there is a flourishing Philosophical Society. Comments on the meetings. Weather has been bad. Gives a Neapolitan story. | 
| Language | English | 
| Extent | 4pp | 
| Format | Manuscript | 
| Place origin | Chamonix, France | 
| Origin coordinates | 45.9231, 6.8697 | 
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making | 
| AccessStatus | Open | 
| RelatedMaterial | HS/20/124 | 
| RelatedRecord | HS/20/124 | 
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon | 
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel9830
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates | 
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 | 
| NA5981 | Gordon; James Alexander (1793 - 1872); physician | 1793 - 1872 |