| RefNo | HS/22/221 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Copy of draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to John Lindley, dated at Collingwood |
| Creator | John Frederick William Herschel |
| Recipient | John Lindley |
| Date | 6 January 1844 |
| Description | Copy of draft letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. [Responding to John Lindley's 1844-12-30], declines John Lindley's request that John Frederick William Herschel write a series of articles on meteorology, because of John Frederick William Herschel's need to work on the manuscript for John Frederick William Herschel's Cape Results. Hopes eventually to write on meteorology. |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3pp |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent |
| Origin coordinates | 51.035306, 0.513556 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Original available: Royal Botanic Gardens; copy: HS/11/231 |
| RelatedRecord | HS/11/231 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
| URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8776
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); mathematician and astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |
| NA5961 | Lindley; John (1799 - 1865) | 1799 - 1865 |