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From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Richard Sheepshanks
Date:
[8 February 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.59 (C: RS:HS 25.9.35)
Summary:

Has learned of more dissatisfaction with the R.A.S. council's decision regarding awarding its medal. Because the council rejected the proposal to give more than one medal, the decision to medalize no one was a logical consequence. Expects the matter will be raised in the general meeting. Wants some positive conclusion, not a negative one. Restates his original position that medals ought go to both, with care taken in the wording so as to avoid national rivalry.

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John Herschel Project
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