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RefNoHS/22/39
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter, from Lord John Russell to Sir John Herschel, dated at Downing St.
CreatorLord John Russell
Date1 February 1840
DescriptionCopy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Has decided to appoint five teachers for the Government Schools at the Cape. Three have visited him. Asks John Frederick William Herschel about the remaining two.
LanguageEnglish
Extent2pp
FormatManuscript
Place originDowning St., Westminster, London
Origin coordinates51.503222, -0.1275
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialOriginal available: UCT JH Letters A1.21
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel8996
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1097Russell; John (1792 - 1878); 1st Earl Russell1792 - 1878
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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