Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks Autograph letter signed by sender. Is leaving for Norwich to return on the 25th. Leave the forms with [John] Williams and John Frederick William Herschel will sign them. Will leave his letters to have the Royal Astronomical Society seal affixed. [Thomas] Taylor has died; can Richard Sheepshanks tell him who is likely to 'offer for the place' [Madras Observatory] and what its 'appointments' are. 16 May 1848