Copy of a letter, from John Frederick William Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, 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. Requests information from Richard Sheepshanks on the life of Francis Baily for a biographical sketch John Frederick William Herschel was asked to draw up for a special meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society] 2 October 1844