Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks Copy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. 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