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RefNoHS/28/4
LevelItem
TitleLetter lists, with draft circular and memoranda
Date1873
DescriptionWrapper entitled: 'Draft of circular letter to correspondents representatives and letter list up to 6 pp. & then as sent in groups to copyists. Col. J. Herschel's memoranda and procedure re the collecting of J F W H's letters and the copying of them. 1873 &c. (Not in MHF catalogue).
Wrapper recycled from a cream packaging.
Containing lists, indexes, letters and instructions drafted by Colonel Sir John Herschel to manage the transcription of his father's, Sir John Frederick William Herschel, correspondence.
LanguageEnglish
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7955Herschel; John (1837 - 1921)1837 - 1921
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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