From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Eneas Mackintosh
Date:
[13 July 1849]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0239; Reel 1054
Summary:
Efforts by Duncan Stewart to provide new career for brother Peter Stewart, whose mischief created economic ruin, left Duncan Stewart in difficult financial situation. JH is willing to relinquish EM's appointment to Haileybury College for JH's son John and to seek position for John at [Royal Military Academy,] Woolwich, if EM would transfer recommendation to Haileybury from JH's son John to Duncan Stewart's second son.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project