RefNo | HS/27/10 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Georgiana Babbage to Sir John Herschel |
Creator | Babbage; Georgina (1792-1827) née Whitmore; wife of Charles Babbage FRS |
Date | 29 January 1827 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Urges John Frederick William Herschel to miss the next Royal Society [of London] Council meeting, as many friends have been to see Charles Babbage, and are proposing to make the meeting difficult. GB suggests that John Frederick William Herschel remain at Slough because of his mother's illness. |
Language | English |
Extent | 2pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | n.p. |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel1247
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |