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Herschel8484

From:
James South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[2 February 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.464
Summary:

Comments on efforts toward getting a royal charter for the Astronomical Society, a paper by Peter Barlow, and activities of the R.S.L. Correspondence with Wilhelm Struve. Difficulties in getting his new telescope constructed.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8485

From:
James South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 November 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.465
Summary:

Has received JH's communication. Asks that JH not write JS unless he can write in a 'different manner.'

Contributor:
John Herschel Project

Herschel8487

From:
James South
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[30 November 1831]
Source of text:
RS:HS 16.467
Summary:

Regrets the tensions that arose between JH and JS. Congratulates JH on his knighthood. Laments the costs and difficulties involved in the construction of JS's new observatory.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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