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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
[6 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/4.21; Reel 9
Summary:

Publishing expenses from Smith, Elder & Co. [for Cape Results] are nearly covered by AP's grant [£1000]. Bookbinder James Hayday will dispatch to Northumberland House copies for kings of Holland and Hanover. Details of printing and publishing costs.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland)
Date:
[11 August 1847]
Source of text:
RAS:JH Archive 10/4.23; Reel 9
Summary:

Will send Edward Everett's copy [of JH's Cape Results] to Northumberland House. Everett was elected principal of Harvard College but resigned. Returns letter from Russian ambassador, F. I. Brunnov. Now that AP has sent copies to foreign sovereigns, JH will send to their ministers those copies destined for [observatories and institutions in] their nations.

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John Herschel Project