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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
William Rowan Hamilton
Date:
[12 January 1840]
Source of text:
TCD 1493:184
Summary:

Notice on the 'final laying up' of the Old Telescope, with a 'Requiem of the Forty-Foot Reflector,' sung by JH's family on New Year's Eve.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
William Rowan Hamilton
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[18 January 1840]
Source of text:
unknown
Summary:

Confides that the past year has been 'a sombre one ... but not unhappy.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project