From:
Mary Somerville
To:
John Murray
Date:
10 Dec 1861
Source of text:
143, MS 41131, NLS
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Contributor:
Brigitte Stenhouse
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Grateful for JL's support of JH's son [?] for R.A.S. membership, but JH advised [son] not to apply until [son] had made some significant contribution to astronomy worthy of membership. [JH annotation: How different from today, when election is so easy.]
Due to poor health of both JH and his wife, Margaret, JH writes to decline an invitation to dinner.
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