From:
James Grahame
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[1 November 1830]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.398
Summary:
Family and travel news.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Showing 1–6 of 6 items
Family and travel news.
Of lost letters and the death of Isabella Stewart.
Asks JH to advise about where in London to buy a good chronometer for a friend.
Details about the chronometer order [see JL's 1830-11-29].
By order of lords of Admiralty, notice is sent of royal appointment of JH and others to Board of Visitors to Greenwich Observatory. [Letter forwarded 29 Nov. from R.S.L. to JH by Davies Gilbert with compliments.]
Royal warrant appointing Board of Visitors to Royal Observatory, Greenwich.