| Reference number | HS/6 |
| Level | SubSeries |
| Title | Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 6 D |
| Date | 1820-1873 |
| Description | Letters from various correspondents sent to Sir John Herschel, with some drafts of his replies and original letters by Herschel recovered from selected correspondents after his death.
Prominent correspondents include: John Dalton; John Frederick Daniell; Charles Darwin; Charles Giles Bridle Daubery; Humphry Davy; Martin Davy; William Rutter Dawes; Henry Thomas de la Beche; Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre; Warren de la Rue; Augustus de Morgan, Charles Dickens, George Dollond; Pierre Louis Dubry; Jean Baptiste Andrew Dumas; Edward Dunkin; Benjamin D'Urban. |
| Extent | 1 volume; 519 letters |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Documents previously tipped onto guards and bound in blue library buckram with volume information on the spine, in gilt. Disbound in 2023 and loose letters in folders. |
| Arrangement | Roughly alphabetical by author; chronological within each correspondence group |
| Notes | Page number 198 is loose and has been placed in melinex at the back of the volume |
| Access status | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |