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RefNoHS/23/57
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter, from Sir John Herschel to William Whewell, dated at 3 Henrietta St., Covent Garden
CreatorJohn Frederick William Herschel
Date12 February 1849
DescriptionCopy of letter, copied as part of the correspondence project led by Colonel John Herschel FRS following the death of his father. Asks William Whewell, as one of the trustees of John Frederick William Herschel's marriage settlement, to sign some legal documents.
LanguageEnglish
Extent4pp
FormatManuscript
Place origin3 Henrietta St., Covent Garden, London
Origin coordinates51.511375, -0.123046
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialOriginal available: TC, Camb. Add. Ms.a.20776
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel9171
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
NA6578Whewell; William (1794 - 1866); college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science1794 - 1866
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