Record

RefNoHS/9/209
LevelItem
TitleDraft letter, from Sir John Herschel to William A. Baillie- Hamilton
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
DateJune 1848
DescriptionDraft letter. Thanks for the offer of 25 copies of the Admiralty Manual. Thinks contributors should receive 6 copies instead of the 2 copies originally intended. Some misunderstanding of his proposals regarding returns of information. Printer has made a blunder in the Manual and John Frederick William Herschel has given orders for new pages to be substituted.
LanguageEnglish
Extent2pp
FormatManuscript
Place originn.p.
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialHS/23/29
RelatedRecordHS/23/29
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel10327
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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