From:
Richard Sheepshanks
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[13 October 1842]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.20
Summary:
Urges JH to plead to Lord Palmerston on behalf of [H. C.] Schumacher. Suggests arguments JH might use. States that JH as 'chief of British astronomy by inheritance, by age & by service' is the ideal person to make this plea.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project