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Herschel4139

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Thomas Maclear
Date:
[5 February 1856]
Source of text:
Cape Archives/Maclear Papers File 100
Summary:

Sends regrets over TM's son not passing exam. Tries unsuccessfully to arrange a second testing. Fears war in Europe.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel2539

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Adam Sedgwick
Date:
[11 February 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 15.447 (C: RS:HS 23.165)
Summary:

Praises AS's new book [Synopsis of the Classification of the British Palaeozoic Rocks...]. All is well at Collingwood.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel9814

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Alexander Hamilton-Gordon
Date:
[13 February 1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 8.149 (C: RS:HS 23.166)
Summary:

Sorry to have given him the trouble over the box; sends the required letter. Unfair of the Times to blame AH for the disasters in the Crimea.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8573

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
H. J. Luff[?]
Date:
[14 February 1856]
Source of text:
BostonPubLib Ms.Eng. 196(3)
Summary:

Deals with the computation of a tax matter [regarding Observatory House in Slough?].

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8681

From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Macarthur
Date:
[17 February 1856]
Source of text:
New South Wales State Library
Summary:

JH, having examined the accounts, finds the charges for the medals fit with Leonard C. Wyon's agreement.

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John Herschel Project
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