Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to James A. Gordon, dated at Chamouni Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Wet weather has given him time for letter writing. Spent a week in Paris. Passed through Dijon, and has spent some time at Geneva, where there is a flourishing Philosophical Society. Comments on the meetings. Weather has been bad. Gives a Neapolitan story. 15 August 1821