| Reference number | HS/22/206 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Alexander Wilson, dated at Collingwood |
| Recipient | Alexander Wilson |
| Date | 12 October 1844 |
| Description | Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Critiques John Taylor's essay [see Alexander Wilson's 1844-9-26]. Views Alexander Wilson's position on currency measures as too vehement; urges caution. John Frederick William Herschel conceived similar plan years before. Gives reasons for disowning it. Protests John Frederick William Herschel's being painted as perpetrator of injustice simply because John Frederick William Herschel rejected Alexander Wilson's arguments. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
| Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | HS/18/265 |
| URL description | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel7998
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
| NA6324 | Wilson; Alexander (c 1781 - 1863) | c 1781 - 1863 |