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From:
Admiralty
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 May 1853]
Source of text:
RS:HS 1.18
Summary:

Informing him that William Mann, assistant at Cape Town Observatory, has requested a salary increase, and would JH give his views.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Maria Sophia Herschel
Date:
[25 May 1853]
Source of text:
JHS 2.12
Summary:

To JH's daughter to inform her of the activities of her sisters, and to encourage her to obtain the maximum benefit from her travels in France and Germany with William Whewell and his wife.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Henry Fox Talbot
Date:
[14 May 1853]
Source of text:
Science Museum Talbt 1/42 (C: RS:HS 23.132)
Summary:

Thanks for examples of WT's photographic engraving; sends a photo in return.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project