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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
M. Perrey
Date:
[16 March 1833]
Source of text:
RS:HS 25.3.12
Summary:

Gently rejects MP's offer to accompany JH to the Cape to act as JH's assistant. JH claims the voyage to be a 'pure family party of pleasure,' and if astronomy can not be well practiced at the Cape, the family may go on to India to visit the relatives of JH's wife, Margaret.

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