Record

RefNoHS/2
LevelSubSeries
TitleCorrespondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 2 Babbage
Date1812-
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.

Primary correspondents: Charles Babbage; Benjamin Herschel Babbage.

Contains a letter from Sir William Herschel to Charles Babbage (HS/2/49).
Extent1 volume, 402 letters
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionDocuments tipped onto guards and bound in blue library buckram with volume information on the spine, in gilt.
ArrangementRoughly alphabetical by author; chronological within each correspondence group.
NotesIncludes letter to Charles Babbage, 1817. Featuring God of Function. HS.2.81, pages 1 and 3
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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