From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Margaret Brodie Herschel
Date:
[18 August 1852]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0543.12; Reel 1053
Summary:
MH's illness. Note from son Alexander at Clapham Grammar School. Martha [?] sends purse for MH's birthday. Balloon ascended to 19,000 feet yesterday with Charles Green, landed near Cambridge.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project