Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Francis Baily, dated at Collingwood Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Thanks for his paper on the Earth. Wishes his own Cape work was finished and of the same standard as Francis Baily's work. Regarding support for Dr. W. B. O'Shaughnessy when his election to the Royal Society [of London] is being considered. 24 February 1843