Record

Reference numberHS/9
LevelSubSeries
TitleCorrespondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 9 R Grahame-Horsburgh
Date1819-1871
DescriptionLetters 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: Robert Grant; Asa Gray; J Henry Griesbach; Stephen Groombridge; William Robert Grove; Hudson Gurney; Wilhelm von Haidinger; Basil Hall; Marshall Hall; William Richard Hamilton; William Vernon Harcourt; Robert Harley; William Henry Harvey; Thomas Henderson; John Russell Hind; Thomas Hodgkin; Henry Holland; William Jackson Hooker; William Hopkins; Leonard Horner; James Horsburgh.
Extent1 volume; 500 letters
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionDocuments 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.
ArrangementRoughly alphabetical by author; chronological within each correspondence group.
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Access statusOpen
Access conditionsNot available to view - off site for conservation work until 27 September 2023
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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